Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.489

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*Pūnaka (Puṇya)*.—According to two copperplate grants of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Kṛṣṇa I, Pūnaka or Puṇya was the ancient name of modern Poona. In the second half of the 8th century A.D. Pūnaka was the headquarters of a district (*viṣaya*) and as such it corresponded to the Haveli taluk. Early in the 16th century A.D. the city of Poona was known as Pūrṇā-nagara which was visited by Śrīcaitanya and his party as mentioned in Govindadāsa’s *Kaḍcā* (*J.B.B.R.A.S.*, N.S., Vol. VI, 1930, pp. 231ff.).

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