Saundatti

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Saundatti (सौंदत्ती) is one of the oldest towns in Belgaum district in the Indian state of Karnataka. There are several ancient temples in Saudatti.

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Location

It is a celebrated pilgrimage centre located 78 km from Belgaum and 37 km from Dharwad. Savadatti is also the name of the taluk (sub-district), which was previously named Parasgad.

History

The historical name of the Savadatti was Sugandavarti "Sougandipura". It was the capital of the Ratta dynasty (from 875-1230), until the capital shifted to Belgaum.[2]


During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Belagaon (Belgaum)[3] was the capital of the Rattas, the chieftains of Saundatti. The fort at Belgaum was built by Bichiraja (Ratta Dynasty) in 1204.

The Ratta clan was one of several which came out of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty.

Rattas of Saundatti accepted[4] the overlordship of Taila II (AD 973-977).

Two of the pillars at Belgaum fort have Kannada inscriptions in Nagari script, one inscription from around 1199 is attributed to the Ratta king Kartaveerya IV.

The Rattas (Rashtrakutas) suryavanshi kingdom of Saundatti


In one of the inscriptions related to Rattas of Saundatti it is mentioned that Krishna III having appointed Prithvirama[5] as a chief feudatory had dignified the Ratta dynasty of Saundatti.


The Rattas of the saundatti, who were used to represent themselves as lords of the Lattaluru[6](present day Latur), could have represented their ancestor as Manyakheta pua var adhisvara if they wanted to avoid Lattalura pura var adhisvara.

Inscriptions: At Saundatti, Jain inscription slab written in Sanskrit and Kanarese (Kannada)[7] of Krishna Rashtrakuta, Shaka 797 (c. 875 AD), and Vikramaditya, Shaka 1017 (c. 1095 AD).

At Saundatti, in front of the Western Chalukya-style Ankeshwara temple, there is an inscription carved into the wall by the Ratta Chief Ankarasa.

Jainism: The Rattas of Savadatti are Jains by religion. In the 11th century Rattas of Saundatti and their provincial governors were great patrons of Jainism.[8] Kartivirya's son, a Jain saint Munichandra, a minister to Laksmideva and a teacher, and has the title of Acarya, the founder of Ratta-rajya.

Savadatti has two small Jain basadis dating back to Ratta times.

सौंदत्ती

सौंदत्ती (AS, p.800): कर्नाटक में धारवाड़ से 25 मील दूर प्राचीन तीर्थ है. यहां रेणुकाद्रि पर्वत पर दत्तात्रेय का स्थान कहा जाता है. पर्वत परशुराम की माता के नाम पर प्रसिद्ध है. रेणुकाद्रि से 5 मील दूर मलप्रभा नाम नदी तक की है. [9]

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