India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Sālaṇaka (सालणक) is a village mentioned in the “Prince of Wales museum plates of Chadvaideva”.—The village Sālaṇaka in which the donated fields were situated may Sālinde which lies about 6 miles south by east of Poināḍ.

The boundaries are mentioned as follows “The village Sālaṇaka comprised in the viṣaya (district) of Pāṇāḍa—the boundaries of which are (as follows):—on the east, the boundary of Mañcakapallī; on the south, the road to Vakholā and also Lavaṇacarikā; on the west, the ditch...; on the north, the joining of the two streams−the three fields marked with these four boundaries together with the clusters of trees and the poḍhaka (tank) situated near (the stream) Gaṃhīrā, and inclusive of the Kāranja trees.”

These copper plates (mentioning Sālaṇaka) were in the collection of George Da Gunha and was purchased by the Trustees of the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, in 1919. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the Śīlāra (i.e. Śilāhāra) Mahāsāmanta Chadvaideva of North Koṅkaṇ. The object of it is to record that Chadvaideva executed the grant which had been made by Vajjaḍadeva, the son of Goggi, who, as shown below, was Chadvaideva’s elder brother and predecessor on the throne.

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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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Starts with: Calanakalam.

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