Huli
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.
Huli
Village in the Parasgad taluka of Belgaum District, Bombay, situated in 15° 48' N. and 75° 12' E., about 5 miles east of Saundatti. Population (1901), 2,104. The chief object of interest is a handsome but ruined temple of Panchlingdeo, originally a Jain basti. Inside are a Lingayat inscription, a curious Naga figure, and a Ganpati, probably brought from some other temple. Of three inscriptions at Huli, two belong to the reigns of the Western Chalukya kings, Vikramaditya V (1018-42) and Somesvara II (1069-75), and one to the Kalachuri Bijjala (1155-67). On the fall of Vijayanagar after the battle of Talikota (1565), Huli with various other places in Belgaum fell to the Navalgund chief Vitta Cauda. In 1674 Huli fort is said to have been built by Sivaji, and it is one of many recorded to have been held by him at the time of his death. AMiile in pursuit of Dhundia Vagh, Ceneral Wellesley gave the garrison of Huli on July 30, 1800, a promise of safety on condition that they committed no aggression. On August I they plundered the baggage of a British force as it passed the fort on the march to Saundatti, and on the 22nd Lieutenant-Colonel Capper attacked the fort and carried it by escalade. The village contains a boys' school with 82 pupils.
