The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.95

c5.s12.95

Udyâna—Udyâna was situated to the north of Peshawar on the Swat river, but it is probable that it designated the whole hill region south of the Hindu Kush from Chitral to the Indus including Dardistan and portions of Swat and the Eusofzai country, now called the Swat-valley, in short, it is the country about Ghazni to the north west of Kasmir (see Henry Yulo's *Marco Polo*, vol 1, p 155) Mangala was the capital of Udyâna it is the Meng ho li of the Chinese travellers Udyâna appertained to the ancient country of Gandhâra or Gandharva desa See Ujjanaka