India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s10.11
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s10.11
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This principle of naming the city-gates originated at least in the fifth century B.C. and has continued throughout up to our own days. Hundreds of gates built in the Mughal period derive their names in this manner, e.g. *Ajmerī darwāzā*, a gate situated in Delhi but named after Ajmer.