The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.52

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Girinagara—Girnar, one of the hills known by the name of Junagar at a small distance from the town of Junagar, sacred to the Jainas as containing the temples of Nominath and Parsvanath (Tawney: Prabandhachintamani, p. 201). The name of Girinagara is mentioned in the Brihat Samhita (XIV, 11), and in the Rudradamana inscription of Girnar [Ind. Ant., VII, (1878), p. 257]; for a description of the hill and the temples, see JASB., (1838) pp. 334, 879-882. It was the hermitage of Rishi Dattatreya. In one of the edicts of Asoka inscribed on the rocks of Junagar are found the names of five Greek (Yona or Yavana) kings: "Antiyoko" or Antiochus (Theos of Syria), "Turamaya" or Ptolemy (Philadelphus of Egypt), "Antikini" or Antigonus (Gonatus of Macedon), "Maka" or Magas (of Cyreno), and "Alikasudara" or Alexander (II of Epirus). Girnar is situated in Bastrapatha-kshetra. The Prabhasa Khanda (Bastrapatha-mahatmya, chs. I, XI) of the Skanda Purana gives an account of its sanctity.