The Geography of the Puranas c11.s4.26

c11.s4.26

*Pundra.* Pundras are associated with the Angas, Vangas, Kalingas and Magadhas, Suhmas, etc., in ancient literature, e.g. the Mahābhārata, Harivamsa and the Purāṇas. Rājaśekhara (*Kāvyamīmāmsa*) places the Pundra country in the east along with Prāgjyotiṣa and Tamralipta. On the authority of Hiuen Tsang's description of Pundravardhana, Cunningham identified its capital with Mahasthan, 7 miles north of the modern town of Bogra. The Pundra country may therefore be identified with that portion of the Gaṅgā-Brahmaputrā Doāb which was bounded by the two Yamunās on the east and west, the Gaṅgā in the south and the ancient Barind forest in the north.