The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s10.14
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s10.14
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Lavapura—Called also Lavakoṭa or Lavavarā afterwards called Lohāwar; Lahore, founded by Lava, the son of Rāmachandra (Tod’s Rajasthan, I, p. 224). The ruins of the ancient city still exist near the present city of Lahore. In the Jaina Inscriptions at Satruñjaya, it is called Lābhapura (Ep. Ind., vol. II, pp. 38, 54).