Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.176

c8.176

*Daṇḍabhukti*.—The Irdā copperplate grant of king Nayapāladeva refers to Daṇḍabhukti. It seems that originally this village was known as Daṇḍa which was the headquarters of a *bhukti*. The origin of the name is unknown. Daṇḍa though originally a *bhukti* is found to be a *maṇḍala* under the Varddhamānabhukti (Uttara Rāḍha) (*E.I.*, Vol. XXIV, Pt. I, 1937, January, pp. 46-47). Daṇḍabhutti, otherwise known as Daṇḍabhukti, is the name of a country, the gardens of which are full of bees (Hultzsch, S.I.I., I, p. 99).