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The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.124

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.124

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c5.s1.124

Auḍumvara—1. Cutch; its ancient capital was Koṭeśvara or Kachchheśvara (*Mahābhārata* Sabhā P., ch. 52, and Cunningham's *Arch. S. Rep.*, v, p. 155) : the country of the Odomboræ of Ptolemy. 2. The district of Nurpur (or rather Gurudāspur) which was anciently called Dahmeri or Dehmbori, the capital of which is Pathankot (Pratiṣṭhāna) on the Ravi in the Punjab, was also called Udumvara (*Brihat-Saṃhitā*, ch. 14, and *Arch. S. Rep.*, vol. xiv, p. 116; Rapson's *Ancient India*, p. 155). There was another Udumbara to the east of Kanouj (*Chullavagga*, pt. xii, chs. 1 and 2).

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