[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c27.7 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c27.7 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c27.7 - **Language:** English ### [c27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c27.7) The founder of the Raṭṭa dynasty of Saundatti in the Belgaum District is stated to have been raised to the position of a feudatory chieftain by a king named Kṛṣṇa who has been identified with the Rāṣṭrakūṭa emperor Kṛṣṇa III (939-67 A.D.).⁵ An inscription of 1218 A. D. represents the said Raṭṭas as the descendants of the same Kṛṣṇa, called Kṛṣṇa-Kandhāra, while another record of 1209 A.D. (?) from Haṇṇikeri near Sampgaon in the Belgaum District of Mysore mentions the same king as Kṛṣṇa-Kandhara and represents him as Kandhāra-pura-var-ādhīśvara, ‘the supreme lord of Kandhārpura, the best of the cities’.⁶ - [Previous: c27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c27.6) - [Next: c27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c27.8) - [Up: c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c27.7) · Pramāṇa