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Gangotri. Kailasa is clinging to the well known Gangri range. Mahabharata and Brahmaṇḍa Purāṇa recognise the ranges of Kumaon and Garhwal as the Kailasa range. Kalidasa agrees with it.' Kailasa is also called Hemakūta according to the Mahabharata.2 (Bhisma Parva Ch.6). Mainākagiri referred to above has been identified with the Śivälika range extending from the Ganges to the Beas by Dr. B. C. Law. According to him the Śivälika hills proper extend for about 200 miles from the Beas to the Ganges and are known to the ancient Geographers as Mainākaparvata. In the Uttaraprdeśa the Śivalikas are known as the churia and the Dundwa ranges and lie between the Ganges and the Yamuna. Here the hills rise abruptly from the plains and slope rather gently northwards into the valley of Dehradun."
Dhanapala takes Kailasa quite traditionally. He refers to the dance of - Śiva with Parvati on the mountain." He even associates Vindhya in line with Kailasa where by he feels that Vindhya along with its store of medicinal herbs moved on for a residence on Kailasa out of his love for the moon on the head of Śiva. Vidyadhara sage has been likened to Vindhya moving on to the roof of Meghavahana for an interview with the king." Kailasa has been called 'Rajatagiri" by him meaning the silvery mount or the snow-clad mount etc. According to Dr. N. L. Dey's evidence of the Puranas, a hill in the tehsil Banka of Bhagalpur district should be called Mandara. Kalidasa's identification differs from it. Kalidasa places Mandara in the Himalaya." Mahabharata agrees with it." Some Purānas identify Badarikāśrama having the image of Nārāyaṇa as Mandara. But according to Mahabharata Mandara is to the north of Badarikāśrama and to the east of Gandhamadana"(southern part of the Kailāśa range). Kalidasa has followed Mahabharata in this point. 10
"कनकगिरिपर्यन्तचारिसूर्यतुरगानुसारेण नयनरश्मिनिवहमिव मन्दाकिनीं प्रतिप्रधानवितमन्तकमहिषस्य । "
1. KKB Part I p. 22. HGAI p. 102.
2. HGAI p. 102.
3. HGAI p. 142.
4. TM. Vol. I p. 73.
5. Ibid. Vol. I p. 85.
6. Ibid. Vol.II P.179.L.2
7. Kumarasambhava VIII. 23.59
8. Anusasanaparva Ch.19 Vanaparva Ch.162
9. KSN p. 110.
10. KKB Part I p. 24, pp. 85, 147 Vol. I.
