Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.440

c8.440

Rohitāgiri.—The Rohtāsgadh stone seal matrix of Mahāsāmanta Śaśāṅkadeva mentions the hill fort of Rohtāsgadh, 24 miles south by west of Sahasrām, the chief town of the Sahasrām sub-division of the Shahabad district (*C.I.I.*, Vol. III). According to Rampal copperplate of Śrīcandra, the Candras were the rulers of Rohitāgiri, which may be identified with Rohtāsgadh in the Sahabad district of Bihar (N. G. Majumdar, *Inscriptions of Bengal*, Vol. III, pp. 2ff.). Rohtāsgadh the ancient hill fort of Rohtas is named after Prince Rohitāsva the son of Hariścandra of the solar dynasty (*Harivaṃśa*, Ch. 13). It is also mentioned in the copperplates discovered from Orissa relating to a Tunga family. Both the Tungas of Orissa and the Candras of East Bengal came from Rohitāgiri (*I.H.Q.*, II, 655-656). According to some Rhotas hill is a spur of the Kymore range, a branch of the Vindhya mountain (N. L. Dey, *Geographical Dictionary*, p. 170). For further details vide *B. and O. District Gazetteers, Shahabad*, by O’Malley, pp. 174ff.