The Kuntala country is an ancient Indian political region which included the north-western parts of Mysore and the southern parts of the Bombay Presidency.[1] Kuntala coins are available since estimated 600-450 BCE.[2] Kuntala formed one of the divisions of Southern India as late as 10th-12th centuries A.D. (other regions were: Chola, Chera, PandyaTelangana 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.
Map showing the ancient Indian coinage from Kuntala region, 3rd-4th century BC.
Scriptural references
South India in 300 BCE, Kuntala
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.
^Annual Report Of Mysore 1886 To 1903. p. 1. The Kuntala country which included the north-western parts of Mysore and the southern parts of the Bombay Presidency.
^Moraes, George Mark (1931). The Kadamba Kula: A History of Ancient and Mediaeval Karnataka (AES reprint,illustrated ed.). Asian Educational Services. pp. 1–7. ISBN9788120605954.
^Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography, Volume 2 (Edited by Subodh Kapoor ed.). Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd. 2002. pp. 403–404. ISBN9788177552997.
^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.