An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.94

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Bahal (20°35'; 75°5'), Dt Jalgaon, on the left bank of the Girna, a tributary of the Tapti, the site partly covered by the modern village but a substantial portion remaining unoccupied, with a Yādava period temple of Bhavānī and a Maratha *gadhi* of the Pawars at the top. Located on the ancient trade-route from MATHURĀ to Pratiṣṭhāna (PAITHAN), which after crossing the Narmada near MAHESHWAR, passed alongside Asirgarh fort near Burhanpur and passing through Bahal went past Bhogavardhana (BHOKARDAN) via Ajanta caves, Bahal may perhaps be identified with Bahaḍa mentioned in an Ajanta inscription (Ghosh, 1967-8), but a late historical inscription gives its old name as Bahalapurī.