Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.140

c10.140

Citrakūṭa.—It has been identified by some with Citrakūṭa near Kālañjara in the Banda district. It is the modern Citrakot or Caturkoṭ hill or district near Kampla in Bundelkhand. It is mentioned in the Bṛhat-saṃhitā (XIV, 13). It is also identified with Chitoor, the famous fort of which was captured from the Gurjara-Pratihāras by Kṛṣṇa III (vide J.B.O.R.S., 1928, p. 481; H. C. Ray, Dynastic History of Northern India, Vol. I, p. 589, for epigraphic references). According to the Jaina Padma Purāṇa (summarized in Bengali by Chintaharan Chakravorti, p. 20), Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa came at the foot of the Citrakūṭa hill in the Mālava country. Here the forest was so very thick that it was difficult to find out any trace of human habitation.