Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.577

c7.577

Tagara.—This city has been identified with Ter, 12 miles to the north of modern Osmanabad in Hyderabad State (*E.I.*, XXIII, Pt. II—Kolhapur Copperplates of Gaṇḍarādityadeva, Śaka 1048). Fleet has identified it with Ter, 95 miles south-east of Paiṭhān (*J.R.A.S.*, 1901, pp. 537ff.; Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. I, Pt. II, p. 3, n.6; *Ibid.*, p. 16, n. 4). It has been identified by some with Devagiri, by others with Junnar, and by R. G. Bhandarkar with Dharur in Hyderabad. Ptolemy places it to the north-east of Baiṭhāna and Paiṭhāna and the author of the *Periplus*, to the east of it at a distance of ten days’ journey. Yule places it at Kulburga lying to the south-east of Paiṭhāna at a distance of about 150 miles. Duff identifies it with a place near Bhīr on the Godāvarī. The *Periplus* mentions it as a very great city. For further details, vide *J.R.A.S.*, 1902, p. 230; *A.S.R.*, 1902-3; *Important Inscriptions from Baroda State*, Vol. I, pp. 43-44. It may be noted here that the original home of the Śilāhāras was Tagara (*E.I.*, III, p. 269).