[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s2.111 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.111 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.111 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.111) Bhadravatî—Bhatala, ten miles north of Warora in the district of Chanda, Central Provinces. Bhandak, in the same district and 18 miles north-west of Chanda town, is also traditionally the ancient Bhadrâvatî. It was the capital of Yuvanâsva of the \*Jaimini-Bhârata\*. Cunningham has identified Bhadrâvatî with Bhilsa (\*Bhilsa Topes\*, p. 364; \*JASB.\*, 1847, p. 745). Buari, an old place near Pind Dadan Khan in the district of Jhelum in the Punjab also claims the honour of being the ancient Bhadrâvatî: it contains many ruins, (\*JASB.\*, XIX, p. 537). The \*Padma-Purâna\* (Uttara, ch. 30) places Bhadrâvatî on the banks of the Sarasvatî. In the \*Jaimini-Bhârata\*, ch. 6, Bhadrâvatî is said to be 20 Yojans distant from Hastinâpura. Ptolemy's Bardaotis has been identified with Bhadrâvatî: he places it to the east of the Vindhya range (\*McCrindle's Ptolemy\*, p. 162), and it has been considered to be identical with Bhârhut (\*Arch. S. Rep.\*, XXI, p. 92). - [Previous: c5.s2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.110) - [Next: c5.s2.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.112) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.30) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.111) · Pramāṇa