An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.72
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.72
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Paithan has given several early punch-marked coins [3.1], coins of the Sātavāhanas and of Tiberius and Augustus, as well as Roman bullae [6.4] on the surface. During the Sātavāhana rule it was the capital town connected by trade routes to BHARUCH in the n.-w., Nanaghat in the w., and Tagarapura (TOR) in the s.-e. However after the fall of the Sātavāhanas it seems to have lost its importance. During the Chalukya-Rāṣṭrakūṭa period it does not seem to have regained its place of honour. However during the Yādava period it seems to have developed as a sacred place. The famous saint of Maharashtra Ekanātha (16th century) took *samādhi* here.