Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.s2.t1.82
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarát c19.s2.t1.82
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Na'ra'na. In his Indica Al Biruni (A.D. 970-1031) notices Nárána near Jaipur as the ancient capital of Gujarát. He says that its correct name is Bazánah but that "it is known to our people (the Arabs) as Náráin." He places it eighty miles (20 farsakhs) south-west of Kanauj, and adds that when it was destroyed the inhabitants removed to and founded another city.³ Abú Rihán makes Nárána the starting point of three itineraries to the south the south-west and the west. Al Birúni's details suffice to place this centre in the neighbourhood of the modern Jaipúr and to identify it with Nárávan the capital of Bairat of Matsya which according to Farishtah⁴ Mahmúd of Ghazni took in A.D. 1022 (H. 412).