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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MAIN BRANCH
fore to have gone to the north where he found a patron in Yaśōvarman, the king of Kanauj1. ...As stated before, Padmapura was situated in Vidarbha. The country of Vidarbha was not confined to what is known now as Berar, but extended considerably to the east of the Wardhā. The Siwanī, Indore and Tirōḍī plates of Pravarasēna II show that the country under the direct rule of that Vākāṭaka king extended to the eastern boundary of the Bhaṇḍārā and Bālāghāṭ Districts. As a matter of fact, there is now no village named Padmapura in Western Vidarbha, while there are at least six villages of that name in the Chāndā and Bhanḍārā. Districts of Eastern Vidarbha. Of these, Padmapur, 2 miles from Āmgaon, a station on the Nagpur-Calcutta line of the South-Eastern Railway, is probably the Padmapura of the present plate. The village contains many ancient remains such as images of Hindu gods like Vishṇu, those of Jain Tīrthaṅkaras like Pārśvanātha and Ṛishabhadēva, fragments of massive stone pillars and a large lintel measuring 8’×17’×1’ 6”. There are, besides, remnants of some old temples in a dilapidated condition. One beautifully carved mediaeval image of Śiva seems to have been brought over from there and is now preserved in the Central Museum, Nagpur. No other Padmapur in Vidarbha is reported to have such ancient relies. I therefore feel no hesitation in concluding that Padmapur near Āmgaon in the Bhaṇḍārā District was the Vākāṭaka capital and the ancestral home of Bhavabhuti1
From Padmapura- ...
(For translation of lines 1 to 5, see above, p. 13.) ___________________
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