|
The Indian Analyst
|
South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA old Marāṭhī documents of the 17th-18th century.[1] The expression golla can be equated with Kannaḍa koḷḷa which means a valley or low land. The Paṇaturage golla would therefore correspond to the valley formed by the river Dhāmṇi, bounded on the east by the Bhōgāvatī river and on the west by the Kumbhī river, as seen on the maps. There are several mountainous tracts in this region which appear to have been mentioned in the Tāḷale copper plates[2] of Śilāhāra Gaṇḍarāditya, as forming the boundary of this Paṇaturange golla. This golla again seems to have been mentioned in the Bāmaṇi inscription[3] of Śilāhāra Vijayāditya, where it is read as ‘..ṇavu[ka]-gegoḷḷa’ wherein the village of Mada[lū]ra was situated. The doubtful nature of the reading can be seen from the dots and the square brackets enclosing it. So it is possible to restore the reading as [Pa]ṇatu[ra]ge-goḷḷa and Madalūra may be identified with Mandūr, which is about 3 miles west of Paṇutrā. My thanks are due also to Sri P. B. Desai, M.A., of the office of the Government Epigraphist for India, for his useful suggestions in connection with this paper.
TEXT[4] [Metres : Vv. 1-3, 10, 15, 18-20 Anushṭubh ; vv. 4, 5, 9, 12 Śārdūlavikrīḍita ; vv. 7, 8, 14 Upajāti ; v. 13 Mālinī ; v. 17 Śālinī ; vv. 6, 11, 16 Vasantatilakā. ]
_________________________________________________
[1] Rājwāḍe, Marāṭhyāñchyā Itihāsāchī Sādhanē, Vol. VIII, p. 194. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| > |
|
>
|