Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.555

c7.555

Śrāvaṇa-Belgoḷā.—It is situated between two hills named Candrabetta and Indrabetta in the Channarāyapaṭṇa taluk of the Hassan district, Mysore, where the inscription of Prabhācandra was discovered (E.I., IV, 22ff.; cf. E.I., III, 184). It was an ancient seat of Jaina learning which was visited by Bhadrabāhu, the Jaina teacher, who died there (Law, Holy Places of India, p. 54). Candragupta Maurya who embraced Jainism is said to have died here (Rice, Mysore Gazetteer, I, 287).