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PLACES
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BEED-KASABA
Beed-Kasaba (Karvir T.: 16° 35' N; 74° 05' E; p. 3,121), an old village in the Karvir taluka, lies on the Pancganga about nine miles south-west of Kolhapur. Bid has a temple of Bidesvar, 51' x 25' x 45' high,, and a Friday market, where small quantities of grain, coarse cloth, and vegetables are brought for sale. Though now a small village, Bid is said to have once been the capital of an old chief ship which included
Kolhapur and Panhala. Round the village are many ruins, among them an old stone temple with an image under which is a broken stone with the fragment of an inscription. The walls and columns, with numerous mouldings and much scroll work are in the style of about the thirteenth century. Small ancient gold coins are sometimes found near the old mud fort.
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