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The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.137

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.137

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c5.s2.137

Bhīmasthāna—Takht-i-Bhai, 28 miles to the north-east of Peshawar and eight miles to the north-west of Mardan, containing the Yoni-tīrtha and the celebrated temple of Bhīmā Devī described by Hiuen Tsiang; the temple was situated on an isolated mountain at the end of the range of hills which separates the Yusufzai from the Luncoan valley. It was visited by Yudhishṭhira as a place of pilgrimage, and it is also mentioned in the Padma P., Svarga-Kh., ch. 11; Mahābhārata, Vana P., ch. 82.

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