The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s13.14

c5.s13.14

Yayâtipura—1. Jajmau, three miles from Cawnpore, where the ruins of a fort are pointed out as the remains of the fort of Râjâ Yayâti (see Śâkambharî). But the fort is said to have been built by Râjâ Jijat Chandravamsi, one of the ancestors of the Chandels. The temple of Siddhinâtha Mahâdeva is at a short distance from the fort. It was an important place in the tenth or eleventh century before Cawnpore became celebrated as a town (Alberuni's *India*, Dr. Sachau's trans., vol. 1, p. 200). 2. Jâjpur in Orissa. See Yajñapura ; same as Yayâtipura.