HISTORICAL EPITHETS

HISTORICAL EPITHETS

Abhira South-east Gujarat (the Greeks called it Aberia) Abimukta Banaras
Acesines River Chenab. Identified with 'Asikni' of the
Rigveda
Achinta Ajanta (Central India)
Achiravati (also, Ajravati or Airavati) River Rapti in Oudh Agnipura (also, Mahishmati) Mahesh or Mahesvara, south
of Indore
Agravana Agra
Ahichchhatra (also, Chhatravati and Ahikshetra) Ramnagar
in Rohilkhand
Ajamati River Ajaya in Bengal
Akaravanti (or Daseraka) Malwa
Alava Airwa
Alexandria (also, Alasanda) Uchch. Also identified with
Hupian (present Opian), Beghram (north of Kabul) and
Bamian
Amaravati Nagarhara
Ambaligrama Arail (located on the opposite side of
Allahabad)
Ambara (Also, Birata) The country of Jaipur Anahila-Pattana (Also, Virawat-Pattana or Pattana)
Anihilwar (northern Baroda)
Ananta-Naga Islamabad
Anumakundapura (Also Benakataka and Orukkalu)
Warrangal
Aomos Ranighat (Peshawar district)
Aratta The Punjab
Arjikiya (Also, Uranjira) and Vipasa) River Beas Arunoda Garhwal
Audumvara Kutch
Avagana (or Kamboja) Afghanistan
Bahela Baghelkhand in Central India
Baisali (Also, Baniyagama and Bisala) Besad (Muzaffarpur
district, Bihar)
Balabhi (or Vamilapura) Wala or Wallay in Kathiawar,
Gujarat
Ballalapuri Rampala or Ballalabadi in Dacca district Banapura Mahabalipura or Mahabaleswara
Banavasi North Canara. Also, Kraunchapura in North
Kanara .
Banji (or Karura) Malabar coast
Baraha-kshetra Baramula in Kashmir
Barana Bulandshahr (punjab)
Barddhamana Vadhamana between Banaras and Allahabad,
also called Asthikagrama; identified with present
Vadvana in Kathiawar; a town in Malwa
Basya Bassein (Bombay province)
Batapipura Badami
Batsyapattana Kausambi (modem Kosambi-nagar or Kosam,
. west of Allahabad)
Bedagarbhapuri (Also, Bisvamitra-Asrama) Buxar
Behat River ]helum
Bhaganagara Hyderabad
Bhaktapura Bhatgaon
Bina River Krishna, the Tynna of Ptolemy; Almora Bitasta River ]helum
Champanagara Champa, Champapuri, Malini situated west
of Bhagalpur; also, Chandmaya or Chandnia in Bogra
district, Bengal
Chandelgada (Also, Charanadri) Chunar
Chandwar Firozabad, near Agra
Chaya Porbandar in Gujarat
Damila (Also Ugra and Mahasthana) Kerala, the Limurike
of Ptolemy
Devabandara Diu in Gujarat
Devapura Rajim (Raipur district)
Dhindhra Amer, Jaipur's ancient capital
Drishadvati River Ghagar
Dvarasamudra Halebid, Mysore's ancient capital Ekamrakanana Bhubaneshwar or Harakshetra Gadhipura Kanauj
Gauri River Panjkora that rises in Gilghit and flows be­
tween Khonar and the Swat
Gautami River Godavari or its northern branch. Also called
Nanda and Gautami-Ganga
Gharapuri Elephanta Island
Girivrajapura Rajgir (Bihar); also, Rajgiri (Punjab) Gonardda Gonda in Oudh; also, the Punjab
Indrani Near Katwa in Burdwan district (Bengal) Indrapura Indore
Janasthana Aurangabad and the region between Krishna
and Godavari
Jasnaul Bara-Banki (in Oudh)
Jetuttara Nagari; earlier, capital of Mawar
Jimanagara Juner in Poona district
Kakanada Sanchi in Bhopal territory
Kalahagrama Kahalgaon or Colgong in Bhagalpur district Kalindi The Yamuna river
Kalki Tuticorin
Kanyakubja Parts of Kanauj-or Mahodaya
Kharki Aurangabad
Kikata Magadha (South Bihar)
Koli Aligarh
Kurukshetra Thaneswar
Kusahhavanapura Sultanpur
Lohitya River Brahmaputra
Mudhupuri Mathura
Madhyamika Nagari, near Chitore .
Magadhi River Son
Mahodadhi The Bay of Bengal
Marttanda Bavan or Martan or Matan near Islamabad in
Kashmir
Mauli The Rohtas hills
Mundu Chota-Nagpur. Ranchi district in particular Nandigrama Nundgaon in Oudh
Neleynda .Kottayam
Omkaranatha Mandhata
Panchavati Nasik
Paralipura Deoghar in Bengal
Paschimodadhi The Arabian Sea
Pradyumna-nagara Pandua in Hooghly district Pragvijaya Jyntea in Assam
Pralamba Mundore or Madawar
Pravarapura (also, Suryanagara) Srinagar Purushottama-kshetra (also Srikshetra) Puri in Orissa Rajanagara Ahmadabad
Rajapuri Rajauri, south of Kashmir
Ramagad-Gauda Balarampur in Oudh
Rishipattana (Isipatana of Buddhists) Sarnath Salvapura Alwar
Samugad Fatehahad, near Agra
Saptagrama Satgaon (Hooghly district)
Sarayu River Ghagra or Gogra in Oudh
Tamralipti (also, Bishnugriha) Tamluk in Midnapur district Tapani River Tapti
Tilaprastha Tilpat
Udandapura Bihar Town in Patna district
Udra (or Utkala) Orissa
Vijayanta Mt. Girnar in Kathiawar
Uragapura (also, Uraiyur) Tiruchchirappalli Utpalaranya Bithoor, near Kanpur
Yadava-giri Mailkote or Melukote in Mysore
Yajnapura Jajpur in Orissa
Yavana-Nagara Junagad in Gujarat
Yavanapura Jaunpura, near Banaras
Yayatipura Jajau near Kanpur