The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.188

c5.s2.188

Bisala—1. Besarh, in the district of Mozaffarpur in the Bihar Province, the Baisali of the Buddhist period (see Baisali) At the time of the Ramayana (Adi, ch. 45), the town was situated on the northern bank of the Ganges and not on the Gandak; at the time of Kshemendra in the 11th century, it was on the river Balgumati (Ava. Kalp, ch. 30). 2. Ujin, the capital of Avanti (Meghaduta I, 31; Hemakos'a; Skanda P., Reva kh, ch. 47). 3. An affluent of the Gandak in Baisali (Mbh, Vana, ch. 84).