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Lahor--Salatura, the birth-place of Panini, the celebrated grammarian. The village is
situated at a distance of about sixteen miles to the north-east of Attok. Lahore-1. Lavapura. 2. Lavakota. 3. Lavavara. 4. Lohawar, in the Panjab. It was
founded by Lava, son of Ramachandra of the Ramayana. Lakhnor-Lakragar, an old fort situated in the Rajmahal hills in Bengal. Lamghan-1. Lampaka. 2. Muranda. 3. Lampaka,on the northern bank of the Kabul river. Landal_The river Giri, in the Peshawar district, on which Pushkalavati was situated, Länguliya-The river Langulini, on which Chicacole stande. Lenar-1. Bishņu-Gaya, a celebrated place of pilgrimage in Berar, not far from Mekhar.
2. Lonkra. Lhasa-The capital of Tibet, containing the celebrated Temple of Buddha the "Holy of
Holies" built by Srongtsan Gampo, king of Tibet, in 652 A.D. This monarch became a convert to Buddhism and introduced that religion into Tibet, being influenced by his two Buddhist wivog, one a princess of China and the other a princess of Nepal. The image in the Temple is the image of Buddha 88 & youthful prince of sixteen in his house at Kapi. lavastu. The Dalai Lama resides in the palace at Potala hill in the town. The first Dalai Lama was Lobzang, he was of the yellow-cap order and was raised to power by the Tartar prince Gushi Khan in the middle of the seventeenth century A.o. (Dr. Waddell's
Lhasa and its Mysteries). Lilajan-1. The Nilajana. 2. The Nilañchana. 3. The Nairaßjana. 4. The Nirafjara.
5. The Nigchira, the upper part of the Phalgu, which flows through the district of Gaya. Little Gandak-Same as Chhota-Gandaka. Little Thibet-Bolor. Little Thibet is also called Baltistan and Chitral. Its capital was Skardu. Lodh-Moona-1. Lodhra-kanana. 2. Garga-Asrama, in Kumaun. Lohughát-LohArgala in Kumaun, on the river Loha.. Lomasgir Hill Lomasa-Asrama, the hermitage of Lomasa Rishi; it is four miles north-east
of Rajauli in the sub-division of Nowadah in the district of Gaya. Lonår-See Lenar. Looni-Same as Lun-nadi. Lucknow-Situated on the river Gumti. It is said to have been founded by Lakshmana,
the brother of Ramachandra of the Ramayana, on an elevated spot now known as Laksh. mantila or Lakshmanapura, where a mosque was afterwards built by Safdar Jang, Suba. dar of Oudh. It is now within the Machchhi bhawan fort, overlooking the Asfi (stone) Bridge. Asaf-ud-dowlah made Lucknow his capital, the capital of his two predecessors being at Fyzabad. The Great Emambarah with the Raumi Gate and the Masjid were built by Asaf-ud-dowlah; the old Residency, Dilkhosha and the Lal Baradari were built by Saadat Ali Khan ; the Moti Mahal and Shah Najaf were built by Nasir-uddin Hyder the Chutter Manzil was built by Nasir-uddin Hyder; the Hossenabad buildings were constructed by Mahomed Ali Shah, the Chhota Emam barah by Amjad Ali Shah, and the Kaisarbagh by Wajid Ali Shah, Mannua or Manpore, about 24 miles north of Laok. now, has a very high and extensive mound called the fort of Mandhata. Nagrdon, in the district of Lucknow, is said to have been the city of Raja Nala, a descendant of Ramachandra (see Vayu Purana, II, ch. 26) whose episode is given in the Mahabharata
(P. C. Mukerji's Pictorial Lucknow). Lan-Nadi-The river Lava A, which falls into the Sindh at Chandpur Sonari in Malwa. It is also called Nun-nadi.
M Madawar-1. Matipura. 2. Pralamba of the Ramayana, it is eight miles north of Bijnor
in Western Rohilkhand. Madhyarjuna-Six miles east of Kumbhaconum, in the district of Tanjore, Madras Presidency.
