Tanganapura, Tangana-pura, Ṭaṅgaṇāpura: 1 definition

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Tanganapura means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Ṭaṅgaṇāpura or simply Ṭaṅgaṇā is the name of a locality as mentioned in the “Plate of Padmaṭadeva” (tenth century A.D.).  Ṭaṅgaṇāpura seems to be the district round modern Joshīmaṭh and Drumatī a region not far from it. Ṭaṅgaṇāpura is mentioned along with another vishaya called Antaraṅga in the inscription of Padmaṭa’s son Subhiksharāja. In The Himalayam Districts of the North-Western Provinces of India, Vol. II p. 357, Atkinson suggested that district of Ṭaṅgaṇāpura lay about the upper course of the Ganges and that of Antaraṅga in the Doab between the Bhāgīrathī and the Alaknandā. The people of this region may be identical with the Taṅganas or Ṭaṅganas of early Indian literature.

This inscribed copper plate (mentioning Ṭaṅgaṇāpura) is preserved in the temple of Yogabadarī (one of the Pañcabadarī) at Pāṇḍukeśvar (Pāṇḍukeśvara). The date corresponds to some day in the 25th regnal year of king Padmaṭadeva (first half of the tenth century A.D.). It records the grant of several pieces of land situated in Drumatī which formed a part of the Ṭaṅgaṇāpura-viṣaya as well as in Yośi.

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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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