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LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA
Gangapura- city - This city is referred to in the Vivāgasuya.981
It is not identified. However, one Gangapur town is mentioned in the Gonda district. 932
Gargāsāyarama holy place
It is said that when the water of the Ganges was removed from the dwellings of the Nāgas, the Ganges was taken back to the eastern ocean and since then this confluence was known as Gangāsāyaratittha,233
It is same as Sāgara sangama, mentioned in the Mahābhārata (III. 115) It is a celebrated place of pilgrimage near the mouth of the Ganges 234
Gauda-a country
The country of Gauda was known for its silk-garments (duküla) 235 The whole of Bengal was denominated eastern Gauda from its capital of the same name, the ruins of which lie near Malda at a distance of about ten miles. 236
Gayaggapadagiri -a mountain
Gayaggapadagiri was another name of Dasannakūda, situated in Dasannapura This mountain was visited by Mahävira when king Dasannabhadda set out on his elephant to pay him reverence At this time it is said that the elephant stood on his forefect and by a superhuman power, its feet touched the mountain and left imprints. The king having noticed this wonder renounced the world and since then this mountain came to be known as Gayaggapadagiri. Mahāgiri is said to have practised penance on this mountain.237
This mountain is also known as Indapada and was surrounded by villages on all six sides.238 (sce also Ahicchattā; Elakacchapura)
Gayaura--city
Gayapura was the metropolis of Kuru which is counted among the twenty five and a half Aryan countries. It is another name of Hattināpura. (see Hatthinäpura). Gayapura was the birthplace of the sixteenth, seventeenth and the eighteenth Titthayaras. 939
911 9, p 56. 299 See Imp Gaz under "Gangapur"; Dist. Gaz Gonda Vol. XLIV, 1905, p 261. 113 Uttara Ti 18, p 235a. 294 GDP 171. 396 Acă Ti II, p 3618 , Vya. Bha. 7.32. 288 G D , 63Also see History of Bengal, Vol I, pp. 12ff. 131 Ara Nir Dipkā, 1278; Ava. Ti. p. 468. 198 Bth Bhā 3 4841, 280 Ava. Nir. 383.
