The Geography of the Puranas c11.s1.26
The Geography of the Purāṇas c11.s1.26
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c11.s1.26
*Matsya.* The Matsya janapada was obviously the Vairāta region of Hiuen Tsang's time. It corresponded to physical division (i) above. It was bounded in the north by the broad tangled mass of the Aravalli hills which cover north Alwar and Gurgaon districts, in the east and west by the two ranges of the Aravalli system mentioned above and in the south approximately by the axis of the middle Banas. Its capital, Vairāta (or Bairāta) was located in the Alwar hills at a strategic point where the headwaters of the Sabi and Banganga nearly meet.