The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.76

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Batadhana—A country mentioned in the Mahâbhârata (Sabhâ, ch. 32) as situated in Northern India. It was conquered by Nakula, one of the Pândavas. It has been supposed to have been the same as Vethadvîpa of the Buddhist period (see Vethadvipa); see JASB 1902, 161. But this identification does not appear to be correct, as in the Mahâbhârata (Bhishma P. ch. 9. Sabhâ P. ch 130), in the Mârkandeya Purâna, ch. 57 and in other Purânas, Bâtadhâna has been named between Bâlhika and Abhîra, and placed on the west of Indraprastha or Delhi; so it appears to be a country in the Punjab. Hence it may be identified with Bhatnair. Bâtadhâna has, however, been identified with the country on the east side of the Sutlej, southwards from Ferozepur (Pargiter's Mârkandeya P p. 312, note).