[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.s2.62 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.62 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.62 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.62) Barshana—Barshan, near Bharatpur, on the border of the Chhāta Pargaṇā in the district of Mathurā, where Rādhikā was removed by her parents Bṛishabhānu and Kirat from Rāval, her birth-place. Rādhikā's love for Kṛishṇa an incarnation of Nārāyaṇa has been fully described in the Purāṇas. See Āshṭigrāma. Barshāṇa perhaps a corruption of Bṛishabhānupura. Barshāṇ, however, was also called Barasānu, a hill on the slope of which Bṛishabhānupura was situated. - [Previous: c5.s2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.61) - [Next: c5.s2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.63) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.62) · Pramāṇa