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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS named after Kōṭivarsha. Kōṭivarsha is also mentioned by the Vāyu-Purāṇa1 as the place where the twenty-fifth incarnation of Śiva took place. The Abhidhānachintāmaṇi2 of Hēma-Chandra and the Trikāṇḍaśēsha3 of Purushōttamadēva give Dēvīkōṭa, Ushāvana, Bāṇapura and Śōṇitapura as other names of Kōṭivarsha. There is a place in the West Dinajpur District of West Bengal called Bāṇgarh or Bāṇ-nagar4 which is full of ancient remains and which is said to be the capital of the celebrated Asura ruler, Bāṇa, father of Ushā. And, further, this Bāṇgarh is still locally known as Dēvīkōṭa. This indicates that Kōṭivarsha, the headquarters of a district falling under Puṇḍravardhana bhukti, is to be identified with this Bāṇgarh or Dēvīkōṭa. Kōṭīvarsha as a district (vishaya) persisted as late as the Pāla period, and. Puṇḍravardhana, as a bhukti, even later, that is, in the Sēna period.
TEXT [Metre: Verse 1 Anushṭubh.] First Side 1 Samva 100 20 4 Phālguṇa5 di 7 Paramadaivata-Paramabhaṭṭāraka-Mahārāj[ā]- Second Side 9 yā15 nīvī-dharmmēṇa dātum=iti ēvaṁ dīyatām=ity=utpannē trinī16 dīnā[rāṇy=u*] 1 Chap. XXIII, v. 209.
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