Culture and Language of Kshaharat(Western Satraps/पश्चिमी शक -क्षत्रप ) and Karhade/Karhatte (कर्हाडे/कराडे) Brahmans.
Originally the Kshaharat (क्षहरात/खरात) perhaps spoke an old Eastern-Iranian language, however under the increasing cultural influences from the Satavahanas gradually their languages were Prakritised. They used Kharoshti and Brahmi scripts for writing.
Origin Of Karhade Brahmin:
- Professor D. R. Bhandarkar concludes that the Karhade must have had at least some partial extraction from the Gurjar (Saka) clans. - there is evidence that during the Chalukya sovereignty over the Deccan during the 10th and 11th centuries, settled Brahmins in the Konkan and Goa regions. However at least in one copper-plate grant (found with the Phansalkar Khot family of Terwan) by a Chalukya king to a group of 19 Brahmins settled near Rajapur, there is mention that these Brahmins, as one of their sacerdotal activities would be responsible for creating and maintaining orchards - called Karhataks, in the region surrounding the Vimaleshwar temple. The purpose of these Karhataks (करहाटक, being sustenance of the temple and its occupants and also growing the flora required for yaaga and homa activities. Similar copper plate grants have been found with other Karada families in southern Konkan. The Bombay gazette complied by the British contains transcripts of many such copper plates, which are now available for public research.
- Professor D. R. Bhandarkar concludes that the Karhade must have had at least some partial extraction from the Gurjar (Saka) clans. - there is evidence that during the Chalukya sovereignty over the Deccan during the 10th and 11th centuries, settled Brahmins in the Konkan and Goa regions. However at least in one copper-plate grant (found with the Phansalkar Khot family of Terwan) by a Chalukya king to a group of 19 Brahmins settled near Rajapur, there is mention that these Brahmins, as one of their sacerdotal activities would be responsible for creating and maintaining orchards - called Karhataks, in the region surrounding the Vimaleshwar temple. The purpose of these Karhataks (करहाटक, being sustenance of the temple and its occupants and also growing the flora required for yaaga and homa activities. Similar copper plate grants have been found with other Karada families in southern Konkan. The Bombay gazette complied by the British contains transcripts of many such copper plates, which are now available for public research.
Gurjar / Padhye: This ancient sub-group hails from the southern Konkan area – notably from Rajapur extending into the erstwhile Sawantwadi state. This group speaks standard Marathi but is believed to have once spoken a dialect that is very rare in modern times. Typical surnames in this sub-group are Gurjar, Gurjarpadhye, Patwardhan, Shouche, Degwekar, Prabhudesai, Thakurdesai, Sardesai, Padhye, Huzurbazar, Kirtane, Yogi and others. Traditional occupations were temple priests and horticulturists.
करहाटक (कराड): करहाटक बंगलोर-पुणे रेल मार्ग पर पुणे से 124 मील दूर कराड ही प्राचीन करहाटक है। करहाटक में कृष्णा और ककुद्मती नदियों का संगम होता है। कराड से 10 मील पर कोल नृसिंह ग्राम में महर्षि पराशर द्वारा स्थापित नृसिंह-मूर्ति है। महाभारत सभा पर्व में करहाटक पर सहदेव की विजय का उल्लेख है- 'नगरी सज्यंती च पाखंडं करहाटकं दूतैरेवशे चके करं चैनानदापयत्'
करहाटक या देशावर पाच पांडवांपैकी एक सहदेव यांच्या विजयाचा उल्लेख महाभारत सभ्पार्व मध्ये आढळतो.- 'नगरी सज्यंती च पाखंडं करहाटकं दूतैरेवशे चके करं चैनानदापयत्'। दंडक— या नांवाचा कोंकणपट्टीत प्राचीन कालीं एक देश होता.
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