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Chåndnis Champanagara, about twelve miles north of Bogra and five miles north of MahAsthananagar, in the district of Bogra in Bengal. It was the residence of Chand Sada
gars of the Manasdr-Bhasana. But see Champapurt in Part I of this work. Chandra bhkgå-1. Konarka. 2. 'Padma-kshetra, in Orissa, 23 miles from Puri, celebra
ted for its Black Pagoda. It is called also Kandrak. Chandra bhag& Lake The Lohitys-sarovara, the source of the river Chinab. Chandragiri-1. Near Belligola in Mysore not far from Seringapatam, sacred to the Jainas
2. The river Payasvini in the South Kanara district, Madras Presidency. Charsuddah-Same as Hashtanagar; ancient Pushkalâvati. Chaul-Champavati, 25 miles south of Bombay; it is the Semylla of the Periplus of the Ery
throan Sea. .. Chauss-Ohyavana-Asrama, in the district of Shahabad in Bihar; it was the hermitage of
Rishi Chyavana. Chautang --The river Drishadvati, which formed the southern boundary of Kurukshetra.
It is also called Chitrang and Chitang. Chayenpur-Chandapura, five miles to the west of Bhabua, in the district of Shahabad in
Bilar. It was the residence of Chanda and Munda of the Chandi. Chenab-1. The river Asikni. 2. The Aoesines of the Greeks. 3. The Chandrabhaga.
4. The Chandrika. 5. The Marudvridh. 6. The Sita, in the Panjab. Chhatisgad-The name means thirty-six forts. 1. Dasarna, 2. Desarena Regto or the
Periplus. 3. Maha-Košala. 4. Dakshina-Kobala. Same as Gondwana. Chhota-Gandaka-1. The river Ajitavati. 2. The Hiranyavati, on the north of Kusi.
nagara where Buddha died. Chhota-Nagpur--1. Munda (Vayu Purana). 2. Jharakhanda (Chaitanya-charitamsita). 3.
Kokrah of the Mahomedan historians. The MundAs of the present day reside particularly
in the district of Ranchi in the Chhota (Chuţia) Nagpur division. Chldamyare--1. Chittambalam. 2. Svet&mbara, in South Arcot. It is 150 miles south
of Madras and seven miles from the coast. Ohikakol-I. Srikankali. 2. Srikakola, in the Northern Circars. Chilanla-Chyavana-Asrama, on the Ganges in the Rai Bareli district. China-1. Mah&china. 2. China. Chinab See Chenab. Chirand-Six or seven miles to the east of Chapra, in the district of Saran on the Saraju.
It has been identified by Dr. Hoey with the ancient Vaisali. The ruins of an ancient " fort" exist at this place on the bank of the Saraju, which is said to have been the fort of King Mayuradh vaja, and tradition says that ChirAnd was his capital and that he tried to out down his son by means of a saw in order to satisfy the craving of Krishna for human flesh, who came to him in the disguise of an old Brahmin (see the story in the Jaimini-Bharata). There can be no doubt that the place was deemed very sacred by the Hindus, as is testified by the remains of a mosque which was built on the ruins of the fort by Sultan Abdul Mozaffar Hossain Shah in 909 A.D., corresponding to 1503 A.D. (909 + 622-28 1503). The hermitage of Chyavana and a small tank called Ji&ch-Kundu (said to be the Brahma-Kundu of the Chorand-Mahatmya) are also pointed out. The name of Chirând itself, that is, Chir which is the Pali for Chhid, means & portion cut off and Ånd which is evidently & corruption of Ananda, and the tradition about the sawing of Mayuradhvaja's son, seem, however, to point out that it was at this place that the tower of Katagára was built by the Lichchhavis of Vaisali over half the body of Ananda, the disciple and cousin of Buddha, after his death. Figures of Buddha and of the Buddhistic period have been found at this place. Chapra is still called Chiran(d)Chhapra on account of the celebrity of Chirând. The other half of Ananda's body was
