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were some historical people and they might have ruled in the south before the first quarter of the 3rd cent. A. D. The Ratnas, the Velandharas, the Nabhatilakas", the Sajjhārayā=Sandhyārāgas or Sandhyākaras and the Dahamuhadvīpās are the people named after the places to which they belonged. They are unidentified and may be probably mythological names. (see infra for these places).
Back to Ayodha: Mathura:-Rama kills Rāvana and in due course returns to Sāketapurī from Lanka. He declares Satrughna as the king of Mathuri (86.3). Satrughna defeats Madhu, son-in-law of Rāvana, kills his son Lavana and occupies Mathurā. It was the ancient capital of Surasena and is identified with the present Mathurā, situated on the bank of Jamuna in the Agra division?
Ratnapura:--(No. 1):-After the occupation of Mathura, Rāma and Lakşmapa marry Sridāmā and Manoramā respectively, the daughters of Vidyadhara king Ratnaratha of Ratnapura (Rayanapura 90.1). It is said to be situated on the southern Vijayārdha mountains. Vanara king Kişkindhi of Kişkindhipura is said to have married his daughter Sūrakantā to a prince of Ratnapura (6.216). In the Kuvalayamālā also it is referred to as if it was situated in the Vindhya system to the south of Narmadá river (p. 196). The GD (p. 168) mentions on the basis of Jaimini Bharata (Ch. 41) that it was perhaps the capital of Mayurdhvaja and his son Tamradhvaja who fought with Arjuna and Kșsņa. It can be identified with Ratnapur 16 miles north of Bilasapur in the district of Bilasapur in Madhya Pradesha?
Then Laksmana is said to have conquered various Vidyadhara kings of the southern Vijayardha mountain. The places mentioned are-Kañcanapura (91.3), Gandhārapura (91.6) Sihapura (91.6) and many others.
Kañcanapura:-The PCV also mentions it as Kāñcanapura (94.4). The PCV states that it was the birth place of Vidyādhara Kubera (7.45) who was appointed as the Lokapāla of the northern division of Bhārata. Kanakaratha, the Khecara lord of this place is said to have married his two daughters, namely, Mandākini and Candramukhi to Lavana and Ankusa respectively (106.1-9). Kañcanapura is also called as Kanakapur (106.3). Mālyavat, one of the ancestors of Rāvana is said to have married a princess of Kanakapura (6.241). Kanakapura
1. The Nubhakānanas are mentioned in the Markandeya purāna as the people of
the South, (Tr, p. 337). 2. HGAI, p. 107: 3. HGAI, p. 327.
