Talagunda
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Talagunda
Village in the Shikarpur taluk of Shimoga District, Mysore, situated in 14° 25' N. and 75° 15' E., 2 miles north-east of Belgami. Population (1901), 1,005. The original form of the name is Sthanagundur. It was an agrahara founded on the outskirts of the capital city Belgami by the Kadamba king, Mukkanna or Trinetra, perhaps in the third century. Finding no Brahmans in the south, he obtained from Ahichchatra 12,000 Brahmans of thirty-two fami- lies, or according to other accounts 32,000 Brahmans, and settled them here. The place is rich in ancient inscriptions, the most important of which is on a pillar in front of a ruined temple. It is of about the fifth century, beautifully engraved in what are called 'box-headed' characters, and contains in well-composed Sanskrit verses the only apparently authentic account that has been found of the origin and rise of the Kadamba dynasty, with other important historical in- formation. There are mounds all over the site marking the ruins of the old agrahara.
