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CHRONOLOGY OF GUJARAT
Dvaraka
Dvārkā after having kidnapped Subhadrā, he was all along looking at the
Raivataka gate.—(243.38 Kumbha. ed.). -According to another reading, Subhadra was kidnapped by Arjuna, when
he was returning to Dvärakā, after having worshipped the Raivataka mountain.-(244.6-7, in the footnote, Kumbha. ed.). -Arjuna reached Hastināpura, from Raivataka, after having crossed the Ujjayini peak, the wells etc. of Anarta, the Ambuda (i.e. Ābu) mountain
and the countries like Sālva, Nişāda and so on.-( 245. 28-29 Kumbha ed.). - A place resorted to by Krşņa, who left Mathurā for Dvāraka, to protect the Yadavas from the repeated attacks of the powerful king Jarā sandha. -(MBh. II. 13. 65 ). The Yadavas went to the west and took shelter in the Kuśasthali. They repaired the fortress, which was now unaccessible even to gods: and resorting to which, even the ladies could face the enemies boldly. Yādavas were now free from danger. They rejoiced on seeing the tall mountain and the Mädhava-tirtha ( Acc. to v.l. in the Kumbha ed., they thought that they have crossed the fear of Jarāsandha.)
- MBh. II. 13. 49. 52). -Krşņa informs the kings that 'Siśupāla burnt Dvārakā, though he was our own nephew, when Bhojarāja was playing on the Raivataka mountain, and when he knew that we had gone to Prāgjyotişpura'.-(MBh. II. 42. 7-8). -Was destroyed by Sālva, to avenge the death of Siśupāla at the hands of
Krsna, when the latter was yet at Indraprastha.-( MBh. III. 15. 5-7). -Measures were taken to protect Dvārakā against the attack of Sālva:
Bridges were destroyed; transport by boats was prohibited; ditches were made unassailable by nails; the surrounding land was made uneven on all sides upto one koșa. Of course, the fortress of Dvārakā was naturally well protected and unassailable. This shows its strategic importance. -
(MBh. III. 16.15-17). --Mentioned after Prabhāsa, Piņdāraka and Ujjayanta among the holy
places of Surāṣtra as situated in the South.-(MBh. III. 80.82; 86.21 ). It is also called 'Dvāravati :-( MCh. III. 80.82 ). --Balarāma went to Dvārakā after the Gadā Yuddha of Duryodhana and
Bhima.-(MBh. IX. 61.38). -Immediately after his residence in Dvārakā, Aśvatthāmā went to stay
just at the back of it, where the sea ends.-(M Bh. X. II. II-12). - Krşņa visits Dvārakā once after the destruction of the Yādavas.-( MBh.
XVI. 5.7). Arjuna, coming from Hastinapura, sees Dvārakā,' disfigured like a widow':-(MBh. XVI. 6.4).
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