Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.659

c7.659

Vatsagulma.—The Bāsim Plates of Vākāṭaka Vindhyaśakti II refer to this place which was probably the capital of Vindhyaśakti (E.I., XXVI, Pt. III, July, 1941). Rājaśekhara in his Karpūramañjarī (p. 27) mentions Vacchomī which corresponds to the Sanskrit Vātsagulmī. Vacchomī is derived from the name of its capital Vacchoma (Vatsagulma) and is identical with Vaidarbhī. Rājaśekhara tells us that Vacchoma was situated in Dakṣiṇāpatha. It was a centre of learning in Rājaśekhara's time. This place is identical with Bāsim, the headquarters of the Bāsim taluk of the Akola district in Berar (vide Akola District Gazetteer, pp. 325ff. for the derivation of this place-name).