Hangal Town

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Hangal Town

Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name in Dharwar District, Bombay, situated in 14° 46' N. and 75° 8' E., about 50 miles south of Dharwar town. Population (1901 ), 6,853. The most interesting temple is dedicated to Tarakeshwar. About 600 yards west of modern Hangal is a remarkable conical mound known as Kuntina Dibba, or ' Kunti's hillock.' Hangal, called \'ircitkot, Viral- nagari, and Fanungal in inscriptions, is locally believed to be a place where the Pandavas lived during part of their exile from Delhi. Until conquered by the Hoysala king Ballal II about 1200, Hangal was governed by ^the dynasty of the Kadambas as \assals of the A\'estern Chalukyas. The town contains a dispensary and three schools, of which one is for girls.