Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.414

c7.414

*Navatula or Navatulā.*—The Triliṅga Inscription of Devendravarman, son of Guṇārṇava, refers to this village situated in the Korasoḍaka-pañcālī-viṣaya, which has been identified with the hamlet of Nantala, situated about six miles to the south-west of Parlakimedi. The Korashaṇḍa plates of Viśākhavarman and the Chicacole plates of Indravarman (*I.A.*, XIII, pp. 122ff.) mention Korasoḍaka-pañcālī, which may be identified with the modern Korashaṇḍa, a village six miles to the south of Parlakimedi in the Ganjam district (*I.H.Q.*, XX, No. 3).