The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s5.420

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⁴ This is probably the same as the Vārāṇasī-*kaṭaka* or Vārānāsī-*kataka* of the Puri grants. See *JASB*. 1895, p. 149, plate VI, obverse, lines 11-12; p. 151, plate VI, obverse, line 4. Some have identified it with the present Cuttack. Both Budā'ūnī and Firishta say that Fīrūz crossed the river Mahanadi (مهندري - مندري) before he reached this city. According to Firishta (see Briggs' Translation, Vol. I, 452) Banārasī (بنارسي) and Budā'ūnī (*Bibliotheca Indica*, 1868, Vol. I, p. 247: بارانسي Benares was the capital of the Prince of Jājnagar; but the *TN*, in the first half of the 13th century, gives the name of the capital of ‘Jāj-nagar’ as Ūmurdan (اورمردن) or Armardan (ارمردن). See Vol. II, p. 763; Vol. I, p. 588 fn. These may have been capitals of the Gaṅga kings in Orissa. Their chief capital was doubtless Kaliṅganagara (mod. Mukhalingam). Note the difference of spelling Banārasī and Bārānasī which is also known to Sanskrit records.