Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c27.14

c27.14

Fleet’s attitude seems to have been influenced by the fact that he had no knowledge of the existence of a city called Kandhāra which could be ascribed to the Rāṣṭrakūṭa period. It therefore appears that he would have modified his opinion on the subject if he had any knowledge of the town of Kandhār (also spelt Qandhār and Kandahār), the headquarters of the Qandharsharif Taluk of the Nander District of the former Hyderabad State, now in Bombay, and of the remains therein of numerous sculptures ascribable to the Rāṣṭrakūṭa age. This place, which appears to be none other than the city of Kandhāra of the Haṇṇikeri inscription, lies about twentyfive miles to the south of Nāndeḍ and a hundred miles to the north of Mālkheḍ.