Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.165

c7.165

*Guḍla-Kaṇḍeruvāṭi*.—It was the ancient name of a tract of country lying on the southern bank of the Kṛṣṇā river round Amarāvatī, which was noted for its beautiful temples and caityas of Amarāvaṭeśvara and the Buddha. The term ‘Guḍla’ means ‘of the temples’, and the district Kaṇḍeravāḍi or Kaṇḍeruvāṭi seems to acquire its name from the Gaṇṭur taluk of the ancient township Kaṇḍeru or the modern Kaṇṭeru, a village in Guntur district, which must have been a very important place in former times. Guḍla-Kaṇḍeruvāṭiviṣaya was the name for the northern portion of Guntur and eastern portion of Sattenapalli taluk. The central portion of Guntur together with the south-eastern part of Sattenapalli taluk was called the Uttara-Kaṇḍeruvāṭiviṣaya. (*E.I.*, XXIII, Pt. V, p. 166.)