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Ptmnata, 1908

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.

An ancient kingdom in the south-west of Mysore, with its capital at Kitthipura, now Kittur, on the Kabbani. It was a ' six thousand ' province, and was absorbed into the Ganga kingdom in the fifth century. In the fourth century B.C., Bhadrabahu, the Jain leader, who is traditionally said to have been accompanied by Chandra- gupta, and who died at Sravana Belgola, directed the migration he had conducted to the South to proceed to Punnata, when he found that his own end was approaching. It is mentioned as Pounnata by Ptolemy, who adds regarding it ‘where is beryl.'