The place name, AihoLe

[Erik Seldeslachts]

N. Ganesan wrote:
>

> Interested in the meaning of the Karnataka town, AihoLe.
> Important Chalukya temple site and center of the merchant guilds
> called maNigrAma.


aihoLe < ayyAvoLe < Aryapura, according to Nundo Lal Dey, The Geographical Dictionary of
Ancient and Medieval India, London 1927. To me this seems convincing.

Erik Seldeslachts