Vishnupalita Kambhoja Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1879, p 2, Dr J. Burgess. (''Kumara Kanbhoja Vhenupalita'' in Mhar (Mahad) inscriptions) finds reference in the

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inscriptions (today known as Gandharpale caves situated near confluence of Gandhari & savitri rivers) found at Mhar or

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, in Bombay Presidency. Kanbhoja of the inscriptions is same as the Kambhoja or Kamboja of ancient

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and

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texts and of

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. The prince is believed to have ruled in Kolaba (near Bombay), probably around the 2nd century CE.

Inscriptions

Inscriptions and charters belonging to the Bhoja rulers, dating to the 5th century, executed by ''Nidhivara'' and written by Buddhadasa of the Kamboja have been found in Bandora,

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. Luders's inscriptions No 176 and 472 refer to the gift of a

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Kaboja Kamboja) from ''Nandi-Nagara'' made at Sanchi Buddghist Stupa. According to IHQ: ''"The monk was a Kamboja of Nandi-Nagara which might have been a place in the neighborhood of Sanchi"''. But no evidence of any ancient place called Nandi-Nagara near

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(in Malawa) is attested. Probably the Nandi Nagara of the Sanchi Inscriptions refers to modern Nandode (Rajpipli) in Gujarat which in earlier was known as ''Nandan Nagar'' or ''Nandi-puri''.Jīvana Tathā Saṃskr̥ti, 1976, Ānandapriya, Vidyālaṅkāra Śaṅkaradeva, Vedālaṅkāra Dalīpa, Yaśodabahana Paramāra.

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