Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.384

c7.384

Melpīḍi.—It is a village in North Arcot district, six miles north of Tiruvallam (S.I.I., II, pp. 222, 249, etc.). It is situated on the western bank of the river Nīvā (Ibid., III, p. 23). According to the Ambāsamudram Inscription of Solanralaikonḍa Virapāṇḍya, it is in the Chittoor district (E.I., XXV, Pt. I, January, 1939). The Karhad plates of Kṛṣṇa III were issued when the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Govinda III was encamped here, engaged in taking possession of all the properties of the defeated feudatories (E.I., IV, p. 278).