The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.55

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Tripurī—1. Teor, on the river Nerbuda, seven miles to the west of Jabbalpur, where Mahādeva is said to have killed Tripurāsura (Padma P., Swarga, ch. 7, and Rapson's Indian Coins, pp. 14, 33). The town is said to have been built by the three sons of Tārakāsura. The story of the destruction of Tripura is an allegorical description of the expulsion of the Buddhists by the Śaivas (see Liṅga Purāṇa, Pt. 1, ch. 71). It was also called Tripura. It was the capital of Raja Kokalladeva and the Kulachuri Rajas of Chedi in the ninth century of the Christian era. It was also called Chedinagara. According to the Matsya Purāṇa (ch. 116), Tripura was the capital of Bāna Rājā, whose daughter Uṣā was abducted by Aniruddha, the grandson of Kṛṣṇa, hence according to this Purāṇa, Tripura was the ancient Śoṇitapura. 2. Chedi (Hemakosha). The Kalachuri or Chedi Samvat was founded by the Kulachuri Rajas of Chedi in 248 A.D.