Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s4.13

c7.s4.13

¹⁴⁸ Z.N., II, 154 has بموضع بهره که در نواحی بکری بود مشهور بولایت میاپور (In the Mauza of Bahra, which was in the vicinity of Bakri, better known as the country of Māyāpur). Bakri is most probably modern Bhogpur. Bhogpur and Baghra are mentioned as parganas in the Sarkar of Saharanpur (Āin. Tr., II, 291). The town of Bhogpur lies about 10 miles south of Hardwar. The village of Baghra which was four *kos* from Sikk-sar is not easily identified. It may be Badhera, a village situated about 5 miles south-east of Sarsawa. Shiqq-i-Sarsawa or Sirsawa lies about ten miles W.N.W. of Saharanpur on the route to Ambala, Lat. 30° 2′ N. Long. 77° 29′ E. Māyāpur is the name of an old ruined town between Hardwar and Kankhal, south of the former. Cunningham derives the name from the old temple of Māyā Dēvī which it contains (A.G.I., 352). It is mentioned in connection with the hills of Bardar (Hardwar) and Bijnor (or Pinjor) in T.M.S. in E and D, III, 353.