Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.174

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³ Mbh. 11. 31.2-7; III.21-25; IV.5.4; Rām. II.71.5 Pargiter points out (JASB, 1895, 250ff) that the Matsya Country lay southward from Khāṇḍava-prastha (Delhi region). Its position to the west of Sūrasena (Mathurā district) is brought out clearly by the description of the journey of the Pāṇḍu princes to the court of Virāṭa. Crossing the Jamna the heroes passed through the territory, north of the Daśārṇas and south of the Pañchālas and then proceeded through the countries of the Yakṛillomas and the Sūrasenas to the Matsya realm. From Upaplavya, a suburb of the Matsya capital, to Hāstinapura, the metropolis of the Kurus in the epic age, was less than two days' journey by chariot. Vṛikasthala on the way could be reached by a traveller in the evening on the first day.