Dandagula/Dantapura/Paloura
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Apr 22, 2026 07:51 PM
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History
The name "Dandagula" (Pliny) has long been identified with a "Dantapura" mentioned in Buddhist texts and "Paloura" (Ptolemy) has long been identified as coincident. Law 1976 (whence BAtlas) places them at the former fortified settlement of Dantapura, "on the southern bank of the river Vamśadharā, three miles from Chicacole Road Station". Dayalan 2019 passes over Law's suggestion in silence and follows Gerini 1909 in identifying Ptolemy's Paloura with modern Palur.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49958
18.3592355, 83.917687
- Central Point:
- Imagery Location: Dantapura fort centerpoint (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 12147 (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Dandagula (30 BC - AD 300)
- Dantapura (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Dantapuram (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Paloura (30 BC - AD 300)
- oppidum Dandaguda (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
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settlement (fortified), ruin
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 E3 Dandagula/Paloura
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dantapura
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Dandagula/Dantapura/Paloura: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49958> [accessed: 14 May 2026]
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