Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.111
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.111
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¹⁷ *Rām.*, VII. 103, 21-22. This Bāhli lay outside the *Madhyadeśa* and is associated with Kārddama kings. The reference is doubtless to Balkh or Bactria in the Oxus Valley. For a discussion about its identity see *IHQ.* 1933, 37-39. The *Matsya Purāṇa*, 12. 14 ff, distinctly mentions Ilāvṛita-Varsha (in Central Asia) as the realm of the parent of Purū-ravas. *Mbh.* III. 90. 22-25) however seems to locate the birth place of Purū-ravas on a hill near the source of the Ganges.