The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.117

c5.s12.117

Urasâ—The Hazara country, between the Bidaspes (Jhelam) and the Indus on the west of Kasmir; it is the Arsa of Ptolemy and Wu-la-shi of Hiuen Tsiang (Dr. Stein’s Râjatarangiṇî, i, p. 180). Prof. Wilson identifies it with the valley of Gureiss or Gurez, three days’ march from Kasmir, but Dr. Stein identifies Gurez with Daratpurî, the capital of Darada (see Darada). Darada and Urasâ are mentioned as separate countries in the Matsya Purâṇa (ch. 120, v. 46). General Cunningham identifies it with the district of Rash just to the west of Mozafarabad which is on the north-east of Kasmir (JASB., XVII, p. 485).