Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.595

c7.595

Tāṇḍikoṇḍa.—It is the modern village at Tāḍigoṇḍa or Tāḍikoṇḍa in the Guntur taluk of the Guntur district and is situated at a distance of about eight miles to the north of the headquarters of the district. Among the boundaries of Tāṇḍikoṇḍa the two tanks known as Cayitataṭāka and Bhīmasamudra are still existing. Bhīmasamudra is a big tank on the bank of which there is a large mound where there are extensive ruins of a Śiva temple. Cayitataṭāka seems to be the ancient name of a big tank, which occupies an area of about three or four square miles adjoining the village. It is the source of irrigation for an extensive area in the vicinity. (Tāṇḍikoṇḍa Grant of Ammarāja II—E.I., XXIII, Pt. V, p. 166).