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Martan-Same as Matan. Marwar-1. Mordua-deśa. 2. Maru-deśa. 3. Marudhanva. 4. Marusthali. 6. Marusthala.
6. MArava. 7. Gurjara of the seventh century, in Rajputana. Masar-MahAsära, an ancient village six miles to the west of Arrah in the district of Shahabad
in Bihar, at a very short distance from the Karisat station of the E. I. Railway. It was
visited by Hiten Tsiang. It now contains only two temples. Maski-Suvarna-giri, situated to the west of Siddapur in Mysore; it was one of the four towns
where Asoks placed a viceroy. Matan-Marttanda, five miles to the north-east of Islamabad, in Kasmir. It is also called
Bavan (see, Bavan). Mathura-1. Madhupuri. 2. Surasena. 3. Sauripura. 4. Sauryapura. 5. Mathura. 6. Madhura.
7. Madhuvana. It was founded by Satrughna, and was the birth-place of Krishna. Eighty miles all around Mathura was called the Braja-Mandala. Mathura was the capital of the
Bhojas. Maurawan-Six miles to the east of Unâo in Oudh. It is said to have been the capital of
Mayuradhvaja of the Mahabharata. Måyåpur-1. Måyåpuri. 2. Mayura (see Hardwar). Maymene--Manimayî of the Ramayana (Uttara, ch. 23); see my Rasdtala in the 1.1.0..
vols. I, II. It is in Turkestan, 22 miles from Andkhuy, and to the south-west of Balkh. Mazaga-1. Masakávati of Panini. 2. Massaga of Alexander's historians. 3. Mashanagar of
Babar, twenty-four miles from Bajore, on the river Swat in the Eusofzoi country. Media-1. Ariana. 2. Pahnava. 3. Pahlava. 4. Pallava. 5. Mada. 6. Madra or Uttara-Madra
of the Puranas (see Azerbijan), now included in the Persian kingdom. Megni-1. The river Meghanada. 2. Meghavábana, in East Bengal. Melukote-Same as Mallkote. Merr-Maru of the Brihat-samhita, the capital of Mriga of the Puranas, a country of Saka
dvipa or Margiana. . Mesopotamia-1. Mitanni of the Tel-el-Amara inscription. 2. Mitravana of the Bhavishua
P. 3. Salmala-dvipa of the Puranas. Mewar-1. Sibi of the Buddhists; its capital was Jetuttara now called Nagari, eleven miles
north of Chitore. 2. Medapata. Midnapur-The southern portion of Bengal, including the districts of Midnapur, Hughli, eto.
It was the ancient Sumha or Radha. Mikula-1. Mekala hills. 2. Soma-parvata, in which the rivers Nerbuda and Son have got
their source. Minagar-In Sindh, Pishenpopulo of Hiuen Tsiang, which is Bichavapura according to Julien,
but which Reinaud restores to Basmapura (Beal). Saminagara (Tod). Mirat-1. Mayarashtra, 2. Mayarát, the residence of Maya Danave, the father of Mandodari.
the wife of Råvana. Misrikh-Misraka tirtha in the district of Sitapur in Oudh. Mithila -- 1. Bideha. 2. Tirabhukti. 3. Tributa. 4. Janakapura, the capital of Raja Janaka.
the father of Sita. MogrâpadaSuvarnagrama, the ancient capital of Eastern Bengal, in the Naraingan sub
division of the district of Dacce. It was famous for its fine muslins. Mohan The river Mahf, a tributary of the Phalgu in the district of Gaya. Moharpur-1. DharmAranya, 2. Moherakapura, fourteen miles to the north of Bindhyachal
(town) in the district of Mirzapur. Three miles north of Moharpur is the place where
Indra performed austerities after he was cursed by the Rishi Gautama, the husband of Ahalya. Mohwar-The river Madhumati in Malwa, which rises near Ranod and falls into the Sindh about eight milos above Sonari. The river has been mentioned in Bhavabhuti's Malati. Madhapa. -
