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GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES, PEOPLES AND TRIBES 513 to establish his suzerainty over the latter. Ativ墨rya who is said to be
the king of Nand膩vattapura (37. 3. Nandy膩vartapura), had demanded
military help from Mah墨dhara. R膩ma proceeds from Vijayapura to
the site of the battle. He captures Ativ沫rya, makes him to accept the
suzerainty of Bharata, and returns to Vijayapura.
Ancient V膩k膩 峁璦ka inscriptions record one Nandivardhana which
is identified with modern Nagardhan or Nandardhan near Ramtek
about 13 miles north of Nagpur鹿. Nandivardhana is considered to be
one of the capitals of the V膩k膩峁璦kas. The capital was shifted to this
place from Purik膩 and later on it was shifted to Pravarapura (about
430 cent. A.D.). The reference to Ativ墨rya's expansionism seems to be an
allusion to the probable attempt of some V膩k膩峁璦ka king for expanding
his territory and then his defeat at the hands of the Nalas.2
It is said that Ativ墨rya was helped with military contingents by
the lords of Anga (37. 7), Pa帽c膩la (37. 8), Pu峁囜笉apura Paun岣峳ak峁�m膩鲁
(37. 9), Magadha and many Yavana lords (Jau峁嚹乭ivai 37. 10).
Anga is identified with the modern districts of Bhagalpur and
Monghyr. It was one of the great Mah膩janapadas in ancient
India. Pa帽cala roughly corresponds to modern Budaon, Farrukhabad
and the adjoining districts of U. P.' Pu峁囜笉apura is probably Pu峁囜笉rava-
rdhana, R膩ma also refers to it as Pondavaddhana. He asks
Satrughna whether he would like to become the ruler of it (86.2).
It is identified with Mahasthan seven miles north of the modern
town of Bogra. It was the capital of the ancient Paundras or Paun-
drakas. (See further for the Yavanas & Magadha).
K峁�ema帽jalipura :-From Vijayapura R膩ma traversing the forest
reaches Ksema帽jalipura (38.22).
(38.22).
Here Lak峁�ma峁嘺 wins the hand
of Jitapadm膩, the daughter of king 艢atrudamana. It is not identi-
The PCS mentions that it lay at some distance from God膩var墨
(31 4.1).
fied.
Ramagiri & Da峁囜笉ak膩ra峁噛a :-Proceeding further R膩ma traverses
a dense forest (Mah膩岣峚vi峁� 39.1) and reaches Vamsasthalapura,
1. HGAI, p. 323.
2. VGA, p. 105-109; See also.
3. PCR, 37. 17.
4. See Infra.
5.
The PCR calls them 'Yavanadhipab' (37. 20).
6. GE, I. p. 13.
7. GE, I. p. 133.
8. HGAI, p. 246鈥�247.
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