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Dvarika-1. Dwarka in Gujarat. Same as Dvâråvati. It is said to have been dos
troyed by the ocean just after the ascent of Sri Krishna to heaven. It contains the temple of Någesa, one of the twelve Great Lingas of Mahadeva (see Amaros vara).
2. The capital of Kamboja (Rhys Davids' Buddhist India, p. 28). Dvarikervari_The river Dalkisor near Bishşupur in Bengal, one of the branches of the
Rupnåråyana (K. ch.). Flaghakra-Dr. Führer (MAI) has identified it with Chakarnagar, sixteen miles
south-west of Itawah, (Mbh., Adi P., ch, 158). Its identification with Arrah by General Cunningham (Arch. 8. Rep., vol. III, 1871-72) is incorrect. Ekamrakapana-Bhuvanosvara on the river Gandhavati, twenty miles from Cuttack in
Orissa (Brahma P., ch. 40). The building of the temple at Bhuvanesvara was commended by Yayati Kebari, the founder of the Kesari dynasty, who ascended the throne of Orissa after expelling the Yavanas or Buddhists in 473 A. D., and was completed about a century after by Lalâtendu Kesari. Under the name of Kalinga-nagari, Bhuvanesvars was the capital of Orissa from the sixth century B. o. to the time of Yayâti Kesari in the middle of the fifth century A. D. (Dr. R. Mitra's Antiquities of Orissa, vol. II, p. 62). Same as Harakshetra. It appears, however, that the place was covered with jungle before Yayati Kesari oommenced building the temples at Bhuvanesvara towards the close of his reign ; he died in 526 A. D. At the time of Lalâ fendu Kesari (623-677 A. D.), it again became the capital : it contained seven Sahis and forty-two streets. The temples of Bhuvanekvara (a Hari-hara image), Mukteb vara, Gauri and Parasurama. which still exist, contain much workmanship of great artistio value. The tank called Devi-pâda-hara, having 108 small temples of Yoginis on all its sides, is said to have been the place where Bhagavatf crushed down the two demons Kirtti and Vasa with her feet (Bhuvanesvar Mahatmyā). The Bindu Sarovara is the most sacred tank in Bhuvanesvara dug by the queen of Lalatendu Kesari. The ruins of the ancient palace of Yayâti Kesart still exist by the side of the road leading from the Railway Station near the Ramešvara temple. Lalafondu Kesari is said to have erected a palace to the south of the temple of Bhuvanesvara (Dr. R. Mitra's Antiquities
of Orissa, vol. II, p. 83; Stirling's Orissa in JASB., 1837, p. 756). Elapura-Elur or Ellora. The cave temple of Kailasa was constructed on the hills
by Krishpa Raja of the Rashtrakufa dynasty of Badami, who reigned between 753 and 775 A.D. (Dr. Bhandarkar's Early History of the Dekkan). General Cunningham (Ancient Geography of India) identifies Elapura with Verawal in Gujarat, but this identification does not appear to be correct. Elapura is evidently a corruption of Ibalapura.
See Ibalapura. Embolima (of the Greeks) The fort of Amb, near Balimah, sixty miles above Attook.
opposite to Darbund on the Indus, conquered by Alexander the Great. Eranda palla -Khandes; it was oonquered by Samudra Gupta. Erandi-The river Upi of Or, a tributary of the Nerbuda in the Baroda State Padma P.,
Svarga (Adi), ch. 9 ] near the junction of which, Karnali is situated. The junction is a sacred place of pilgrimage,
Gabidhumat-Kudarkote, twenty-four miles to the north-east of Itawah and thirty-six
miles from Sankisa in the district of Furrakabad. It was governed by Hari Datta at the time of Sriharsha or siladitya II of Kanauj (Ep. Ind., vol. 1, p. 180).
