The site of ancient Kishkindha or Kishkindhipura as known from inscriptions, was the capital of the Guhila dynasty ruling in the seventh-eighth centuries. An undated inscription mentions two names of Padda and Kadachhi, probably of the same dynasty. The site has recently yielded Saiva sculptures of green diorite schist, similar to those known from Samalji and stylistically assignable to circa sixth-eighth centuries A.D. A modern temple has been built at the site recently.
Notification No. | Act No. LXXI of 1951 dated 28.11.1951 |
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Ownership Status | Government of Rajasthan |
Topographical Features | Situated in hilly terrain. |
1 | D.C. Sircar, Guhilas of Kishkindha |
2 | Michael W. Meister, Discourses on Siva (Philadelphia 19 |
3 | V. Raghavachari and P.K. Trivedi, ‘Sculptures from Kalyanpur’, Bulletin of Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, Vol. XXVIII (Vadodara 1978-79). |
Locality | Tehsil | District | State |
Kalyanpur | Salumbar | Udaipur | Rajasthan |
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