Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.295

c7.295

Koṅkaṇ.—According to the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (25) it lies on the river Veṇvā. Southern Koṅkāṇ was conquered by the Vijayanagar General Mādhava. Mādhava gained celebrity as a Śaiva through the favour of his master Kāśivilāsa (E.I., VI and VIII; I.A., XLV, 17). His zeal for his religion is attested by the Mañcalapura plates. For further epigraphic references regarding southern Koṅkān, vide *E.C.*, VII, 313, 375; *E.C.*, VII, No. 34; *E.C.*, VIII, 152, 166, 382.