Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.200.2

c8.200.2

The abodes of Rūpa and Sanātana, the Rūpasāgara tank, the Kadamba tree, some wells and the ancient temple of Madanamohana are still found there. There are some relics of the Muslim age, worthy of notice, e.g. Jān Jān Mea mosque, ruins of Haveli khas, Soṇā mosque, Lotan mosque, Kadam Rasul mosque and Feroze Minar. Besides, there are the temples of Gauḍeśvarī, Jaharavāsinī, Śiva, etc. There is another village called Khalimpur near the ancient site of Gauḍa where a copperplate inscription of king Dharmapāla of the Pāla dynasty of Bengal has been discovered (E.I., IV, 243ff.). The first epigraphic mention of Gauḍa is made in the Harāhā Inscription of A.D. 554 (E.I., XIV, pp. 110ff.), which tells us that king Īśānavarman of the Maukhari dynasty claims victories over the Gauḍas and the Gauḍa country. The Gauḍa country is also referred to in the Aphṣaḍ Inscription of Ādityasena (c. 655 A.D.), which mentions Sukṣmaśiva, the engraver of the inscription, to be an inhabitant of the Gauḍa country. Gauḍa is also mentioned in the India Office plate of Lakṣmaṇasena (E.I., XXVI, Pt. I). Devapāla is described in the Gauḍa Pillar Inscription of Bādal as the Lord of the Gauḍa country (E.I., II, 160ff.). In the Deoli plates the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Kṛṣṇa II is credited to have taught humility to the Gauḍas (Ibid., V, p. 190). The people of the Gauḍa country are represented to have been humiliated by the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Kṛṣṇa III (Ibid., IV, p. 287).