Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.120

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c7.120

*Dharaṇikoṭa (Dhannakaḍa).*—The Jaina *Āvaśyaka Niryukti* (324) mentions it. It is in the Guntur district, where the Dharmacakra Pillar Inscription has been discovered (*E.I.*, XXIV, Pt. VI, April, 1938, p. 256). This was known as Pityundrā by Ptolemy as the capital of Maisolia. It was situated about 20 miles above Bezwada on the Kṛṣṇā (McCrindle, *Ptolemy's Ancient India*, Majumdar Ed., p. 187). The Bāhmani invasion was checked by the Reddis at the Dharaṇikoṭa and turned back (*E.I.*, XXVI).

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Āvassayanijjutti — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit