The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.270

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Chetiya-giri—Besnagar, three miles to the north of Bhilsa in the kingdom of Bhopal, where Asoka married Devî. By her he had twin sons, Ujjenia and Mahinda, and afterwards a daughter Saṅghamittâ. It was the capital of the country called Dakkhinagiri (Turnour's *Mahâvaṃsa*, ch. XIII) which is perhaps a corruption of Daśârṇa. Dr. Rhys Davids identifies it with Sanchi and Bidiśâ, but these two places are very close to Besnagar. According to General Maisey also, Chetiya-giri is Sanchi "with its numerous Chetiyas or stûpas" about 5 miles south-west of Bhilsa (Maisey's *Sanchi and its Remains*, pp. 3, 5). It was also called Chetiya and Chetiyanagara or Chaitya-giri. It is situated at Trivoṇî or Triplo Junction of the rivers Betwa, Bes (or Besali) and Gaṅgâ, of which the last is believed to flow underground (*Cunningham's Bhilsa Topes*, p. 364). See Bessanagara.