Ganapatinayaka, Gaṇapatināyaka, Ganapati-nayaka: 1 definition

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Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Gaṇapatināyaka (fl. 1254 A.D.) is the name of a person mentioned in the “Dive Āgar stone inscription of Anantadeva III”.

This stone inscription (mentioning Gaṇapatināyaka ) was found while digging in the hamlet of Mr. Yashvantrao Joshi at Āgar in the Śrīvardhan Tālukā of the Kolābā District. It records that a māṇḍalika of the king, named Rāma donated a vāṭikā (orchard) in the village Dīpaka to one Gaṇapati Nāyaka. It is dated in the Śaka year 1176, on the 8th tithi of the dark fortnight of Āṣāḍha, the cyclic year being Ānanda.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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