[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.s3.55 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.55 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.55 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.55) Dhârânagara—Dhar in Malwa, the capital of Râjâ Bhoja. The Deogarh inscription shows that he flourished in the ninth century. For the history of Râjâ Bhoja and his ancestors, ser \*Epigraphia Indica\*, vol. I, p. 222; Merutuṅga Âchâryya's \*Prabandhachintâmaṇi\*; \*JASB.\*, 1861, p. 194. In his court flourished Kâlidâsa, the author of the Nalodaya, Jayadeva, the author of the drama \*Prasanna Râghava\* and others (\*Bhoja prabandha\*). - [Previous: c5.s3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.54) - [Next: c5.s3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.56) - [Up: c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Prasannarāghava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rama.prasannaraghava) — Jayadeva Pīyūṣavarṣa, Sanskrit - [Prabandhacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhacintamani) — Merutuṅga, Sanskrit - [Nalodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.slesa.yamaka.nalodaya) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.55) · Pramāṇa