Halsi

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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.

Halsi

(or Halasige). — Village in the Khanapur taluka of Belgaum District, Bombay, situated in is 32' N. and 74° 36' E., about 10 miles south-east of Khanapur. Population (1901), 2,192. Halsi stands on an ancient site, which was the chief capital of the early Kadambas (a.d. 500) and a minor capital of the Goa Kadambas (980-1250). Two large temples (Varahnarsingh's and Suvarneshwar's) stand in the village, and a third (Rameshwar's) on a hill about 2 miles to the west. There is an inscription, dated a. u. ii6y, on the temple of Varah- narsingh. About i860, six copperplates were found in a mound close to a small well called Chakratlrth, on the Nandgad road, about 3 miles north of Halsi, recording grants by an old dynasty of Kadamba kings, whose capitals were at Banvasi and Halsi, and who were Jains by faith. They may be assigned to about the fifth century a.d. Halsi is also called Palashika, Palshi, and Halasige in inscriptions. The village contains a boys' school with 66 pupils.