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INCRIPTIONS OF THE DYNASTY OF THE HARISCHANDRA
a temple near Nasik shows that the identification is most probable. The identification of
Trikūța the home-province of the Traikūtakas has, for a long time, been a matter
of controversy. That it was in Aparānta or North Kōnkan was of course known from
the Raghuvamśa of Kālidāsa1, but its exact location was uncertain. The mention of the
Eastern Trikūta district in connection with and for the same purpose as Gōparāshtra makes
it plain that it comprised the western portion of the Nasik District. Trikūța was, therefore
probably the name of the range of hills that borders the Nasik District on the west.
The districts of Āmrārājī, Mairikā the Eastern and Western Mahāgirihāras, and
Pallusūdhāmbaka cannot be definitely identified. Mahāgirihāra may be identical with
Māhirihāra mentioned in lines 56-57 of the Bhādāna grant of Aparājita.2 It must, in that
case, have comprised the country round Bhādāna (near Bhiwaņdi in the Thāņā District).
Jayapura, where the temple of Bhōgēśvara was situated, is probably represented by Jarvar
Budrukh, 9 m. south by west of Anjanēri. Of the villages granted by the present charter,
Jayagrāma may be Jaikhērā in the Diņdōri tālukā. Some of the other villages can
be located in the vicinity of Jaikhērā. Thus Ambē-Avangana may be Ambēgaon, about
3 m. west by south, Kokilākshaka, Kokar, about 3 m. to the north-east, and Kalahaka,
Kalasgaon, 2 m. east of Jaikhērā. Mudgāhitaka is likely to be Maganpārā, 5 m. north-
west of Jaikhērā. Kshēmagiraka, Ānnagrāma and Pālittapātaka cannot now be traced
in the neighbourhood. Kallivana, which was the place of residence of the scribe
Bharatasvamin, is undoubtedly Kalvan3 in the Nasik District.
1 Canto IV, vv. 58-9.
2 Ep. Ind., Vol. III, p. 274. .
3 It is mentioned in No. 12, 1. 21, above.
4 From the original plates.
5 Expressed by a symbol.
6 Metre: Anushtubh.
7 This mark of punctuation is redundant.
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