SOURNAL 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
New Series. 
Vol. XV.—1919. 
hoe Veen 
1. On the identification of the ancient town of Tagara. 
By Mp. Asput Aziz. Communicated by the Joint 
Philological Secretary. 
Several towns have been identified with Tagara, and Dr. 
Fleet’s dictum (Ter) appears to have been accepted as final. 
But I venture to reopen the question as I have fotiimlatod a 
ve be it from the facts mentioned by Ptolemy and 
re ummarise below the points on which, in my opinion, 
the identification of Tagara should be ba sed in accordance 
with the details given by Ptolemy and as as also on certain 
facts of historical importance concernin 
(i) That Tagara was situated to the north of the river 
Godavari 
(ii) That Tagara and Paithan were the two principal raarts 
in the Deccan, and that all kinds of merchandise throughout 
the Deccan were brought to Tagara, and from there conveyed 
on carts_to Broac 
(iii) That the “manufactures of the East Coast (Kalinga) 
were taken to Tagara 
iv) That onthe advent of the Greeks in the Deccan, some 
time eee the Christian era, Tagara was the metropolis of a 
large district. 
That native traditions point to some ancient city near 
Nander oe Dharampuri on the Godavari as the first capital 
of the country. 
(vi) That it is well known that, in the middle of the first 
century A.D., the seat of his kingdom was removed from Tagara 
