Kuntala country
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The Kuntala country is an ancient Indian political region that probably included the western
Pandya Telingana and Andhra). Each developed its own culture and administration. The Talagunda inscriptions mention Balligavi
and nearby regions as parts of Kuntala. Inscriptions in Kubaturu near Anavatti mention Kubaturu as the Kuntalanagara. Kuntala is revered as one of the three great countries of Chalukya period in inscriptions.
Scriptural references
Kannada Mahabharata mentions the visit of Krishna and Arjuna to Kuntala during Ashwamedha when Chandrahasa was the king of Kuntala who sends two of his children along with Arjuna for the further campaigns.
Raṭṭas.[4] Copperplates of Pulakeshin II speak of him as the king of three Mahārāṣṭrakas, Kuntala being one of the Maharashtrakas (other two being Vidarbha, and Konkan
region of 99,000 villages.
Kalidasa mentions as Kuntala and the lord of Kuntala (as Kuntalānāmadhīśa,Kuntalādhipati,Kuntalādhīśa) in his works.[5]
In Popular Culture
Devsena, the heroine in the director S. S. Rajamouli's film Bahubali 2: The Conclusion was the princess
of Kuntala Kingdom.
Citations
- ^ Kuntala Coins>
- ISBN 9788120605954.
- ISBN 9788177552997.
- ^ Karnataka State Gazetteer: Belgaum. Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. 1987.
- ^ Satara district (Revised edition). "Maharashtra state gazetteers" (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Retrieved 4 October 2014.