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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAW
· Alkāpurī:-It was the birth place of the first Prativasudeva Ašvagriva (20.201). It is not identified. Kalidasa locates Alakāpurs in the Himalayas.
Vijayapura (See Supra):-It was the birth place of second Prativasudeva Táraka (20.201). It is not identified.
Nandananagara:-It was the birth place of third Prativāsudeva Meraka (20.201). There is also a reference to Nandapuri (20.188) as a place of the previous birth of fourth Baladeva. Both may be the same. In the Jaina literature Nandipura is mentioned as the capital of Sandibbha, one of the 25} Aryan countries. Then there is Nandigrāma or Nundgaon in Oudh, eight or nine miles to the south of Fyzabad. It may be ancient Nandapuri (LAI, p. 316). There is an epic reference to Nandigrama in Punjab (VGA, 8.62). Then there is Nandapura, a village in the district of Monghyr on the southern bank of the Ganges (EI, XXIII. Pt. II, Apl. 1935, p. 53).
Pythvipura (See Supra) :-It was the birth place of fourth Prativāsudeva Nisumbha (20 201). It is not identified.
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Haripura :-It was the birth place Madhukaițabha (20.201). It is not identified.
Sürapura (Suryapura PCR, 20.242) :-It was the birth place of sixth Prativāsudeva Bali (20.201). It may be probably Suryapura or Surajpur (See Soriyapura).
Simhapura (See Supra) :-It was the birth place of seventh Prativāsudeva Prahlada (20.201).
Takşaśīla :- Bahubali, the brother of Cakravartin Bharata was the ruler of this town (4.38). It was the ancient capital of the Gandhara country. It has been identified with modern Taxila in the district of Rawalpindi (HGAI, p. 130).
(4) Places mentioned in the intervening stories Amaragiri :-It is referred to as a Tírthasthāna (95.37). same as Devagiņi (see Devagiri).
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Amệtapura :-(91.4) It is probably Amareśvara on the opposite side of Omkāranātha on the southern bank of the river Narmada (GD, p. 5).
Aristapura (Aritthapura 39.77): It is identified with the ancient capital of the Sivi kingdom i.e. the Shorkot region of Punjab (HGAI,
