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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF KOLHAPUR
recently conducted, have revealed the remains of an ancient place. Kōḍavalli is Koḍōlī, about seven miles to the east of Kolhāpur. Kōṁnijavāḍa may be Konavaḍē in the Bhudargaḍ tālukā of the Kolhāpur. District. Vallavāḍa, which is mentioned in several grants of the Kolhāpur Śilāhāras as the place of the royal camp, is variously identified [1]. Vaḷavaḍē, 16 miles to the south-west of Kolhāpur, Vāḷve in the Sātārā District, about 25 miles north-east of Kolhāpur, Vaḷivaḍē, about 5 miles to the east of Kolhāpur, are some of the proposed identifications. Of these the last one appears plausible; for the place is described as a village. Kolhāpur, where many records of the Śilāhāras have been found, was evidently the capital. Vallavāḍa may have been the place of royal residence not very far from the capital. Mr. G. H. Khare says that he visited Vaḷivaḍe, but did not find there any old remains which would testify to its antiquity. As it is mentioned as a village in the records of the Śilāhāras, there may not have been any grand buildings of the Śilāhāras there. It may have been their country residence and may have been situated not far from the capital. Vaḷivaḍe, 5 miles to the east of Kolhāpur, seems to answer to these requirements, and may have been the place mentioned in the present record. Kuṇḍi was the ancient name of the Beḷgaon region.
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Second Plate : First Side
[1] Ep. Ind., Vol. XXVII, P. 179.
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