Kalamgaon
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (Retd.) |
Kalamgaon (कमलगाँव) is a village in Chandur Railway tahsil in Amravati district of Maharashtra, India. It is mentioned as Karmakara (कर्मकार) in Dudia Plates of 23rd year of Pravarasena II[1]
Variants
- Karmakara (कर्मकार) in Dudia Plates of 23rd year of Pravarasena II[2]
Location
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Kamal (कमल) (Jat clan) → Kalamgaon (कमलगाँव). Kalamgaon (कमलगाँव) is a village in Chandur Railway tahsil in Amravati district of Maharashtra, India. It is mentioned as Karmakara (कर्मकार) in Dudia Plates of 23rd year of Pravarasena II[3]
History
Dudia Plates of 23rd year of Pravarasena II[4] record the grant, by Pravarasena, of 25 (nivartanas) of land at Darbhamalaka (दर्भमलक) in the Chandrapura Sangamika (चंद्रपुर संगमिक), to one Yakshārya of the Kausika gotra, and of sixty (nivartanas) of land2 at the village of Karmakara (कर्मकार) in the Hiranyapura bhoga to one Kaliśarman of the Kaundinya gotra. The order is addressed to the royal officers, soldiers and policemen in the Arammi-rajya (आरम्मी राज्य) in which evidently both the aforementioned villages were situated. The charter was written by Goladasa while Namidasa was the Senapati. It was issued from Pravarapura.(p.43)
The localities mentioned in the present grant have not yet been satisfactorily identified. Dr. Kielhorn suggested the identification of Chandrapura with Chandpur, 'which lies to the south of Siwani and to the west of the Wenganga riveri’1, but he could not locate the other places mentioned in the grant. Dr. Hiralal proposed to identify Arammi with Arvi, the chief town of the Arvi tahsil of the Wardha District, and Chandrapura with Chandur where there is a confluence of the two rivers Chandrabhaga and Sarasvati. Further, he suggested that Hiranyapura might be Sonegaon near Chandur and Karmakara, Kalamgaon close to the same town2.
These identifications also are not quite satisfactory. A clue to location of the places is possibly afforded by the mention of Hiranyapura. This town may have been situated on the river Hiranya which is mentioned in the Wadgaon plates of Pravarasena II. As shown elsewhere, this Hiranya (हिरण्या) is identical with the modern river Erai3. Chandrapura may be the modern Chanda, the chief town of the Chanda District. This old name of the town is still current. Near Chanda there is the confluence of the two rivers, Erai and Jharpat. In fact the town of Chanda is situated in the angle formed by these two rivers, so that its situation answers to the description of Chandrapura in the present grant viz. that it was a sangamika or ‘a tract of land near the confluence of two rivers’ .
1 Ep Ind., Vol. III, p. 260.
2 I.C.P.B., p. 93.
3 Below, p. 54.
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References
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.42-47
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.42-47
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.42-47
- ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.5 (Inscriptions of The Vakatakas), Edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963, Archaeological Survey of India, p.42-47