Editing Pune (section)

=== Early and Medieval Period ===
[[File:Pataleshwar cave complex Pune.jpg|thumb|left|The circular Nandi ''[[mandapa]]'' at the [[Pataleshwar]] cave temple built in the [[Rashtrakuta]] era (753–982)]]
Copper plates dated 858 and 868{{spaces}}CE show that by the 9th century an agricultural settlement known as Punnaka existed at the location of the modern Pune. The plates indicate that this region was ruled by the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]]. The [[Pataleshwar]] rock-cut temple complex was built during this era.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=JOGLEKAR|first1=P.P.|last2=DEO|first2=SUSHAMA G.|last3=BALAKAWADE|first3=PANDURANG|last4=DESHPANDE-MUKHERJEE|first4=ARATI|last5=RAJAGURU|first5=S.N.|last6=KULKARNI|first6=AMOL N.|date=2006|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|volume=66/67|pages=211–225|jstor=42931448|title=A New Look at Ancient Pune Through Salvage Archaeology (2004–2006)}}</ref> Pune was part of the territory ruled by the [[Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri]] from the 9th century to 1327. Pune was under control of various [[Muslims|Muslim]] sultanates until the late 1600s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gadgil|first1=D. R.|title=Poona A Socio-Economic Survey Part I|date=1945|publisher=Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics|location=Pune, India|pages=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVU_PgAACAAJ}}</ref><ref name="Kantak 489-495">{{cite journal|last1=Kantak|first1=M. R.|title=Urbanization of Pune: How Its Ground Was Prepared|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|date=1991–1992|volume=51/52|pages=489–495|jstor=42930432}}</ref>