[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c46.202 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.202 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.202 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c46.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.202) Ter (18°20'; 76°10'), Dt Osmanabad, 16 km to the n.-n.-e. of Osmanabad. identified with ancient Tagara referred to in the \*Periplus of the Erythraean Sea\* and by Ptolemy. The former places it at ten days' march e.wards of PAITHAN and states that Tagara exported to Baryagaza (BHARUCH) ordinary cloth, different kinds of muslin as also mallow cloth. It was also the place where merchandise was brought from e. India for onward transmission to the w. Indian ports. Ptolemy too refers to it as an important town. The later kings of the Śilāhāra dynasty liked to call themselves Tagara-pura-varādhīśvara. - [Previous: v2.c46.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.201) - [Next: v2.c46.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.203) - [Up: v2.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.202) · Pramāṇa