The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.142

c5.s2.142

Bhojapura—1. Mathurā was the capital of the Bhojas (Bhāgavata, Pt. 1, ch. 10). 2. Near Dumraon in the district of Shāhābād in Bengal (see Bhojapur in Pt. II of this work). 3. Same as Bhojakaṭapura. It contains the temple of Bhojeśvara Mahādeva and a Jaina temple (JASB., 1839, p. 814). The temple of Bhojeśvara was built in the 11th century A.D. For further particulars regarding the temple and dam, see JASB., 1847, p. 740; Ind. Ant., XXVII, 348. Bhoja is mentioned in the Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa as a country in the Vindhya range. It is the Stagabaza (or Taṭaka-Bhoja or tank of Bhoja) of Ptolemy. 4. On the right bank of the Ganges, 30 or 35 miles from Kānyakubja or Kanauj (Ep. Ind., Vol. I, p. 189).