The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.54.2

c5.s5.54.2

It is bounded on the north by Baibhâra-giri and Bipula-giri (the former on the western side and the latter on the eastern side) ; on the east by Bipula-giri and Ratnagiri or Ratnakūṭa ; on the west by a portion of the Baibhâra-giri called Chakra and Ratnâchala : and on the south by Udaya-giri, Sona-giri, and Girivraja-giri. Girivraja-pura had four gates : first, between Baibhâra-giri and Bipula-giri on the northern side, called the Sûrya-dvâra (Sun-gâṭe) ; it was protected by Jarâ Râkshasî ; second, between Girivraja-giri and Ratnâchala called the Gaja-dvâra (elephant-gate) ; third, between Ratnagiri (or Ratnakūṭa) and Udaya-giri; fourth, between Ratnâchala and Chakra, a portion of the Baibhâra hill. The river Sarasvatî flows through the hill-begirt city and passes out by the side of the northern gate. The river Bân-gaṅgâ is on the south of Rājgir. At the time of the Rāmāyaṇa (see Ādi, ch. 32) the river Sone flowed through the town. Jarāsindhu's palace was situated on the western side of the valley in the space between Baibhāra-giri and Ratnāchala. The Rangbhum or the wrestling ground of Jarāsindhu is at the foot of the Baibhāra hill, a mile to the west of the Sonbhāṇḍār cave. Bhīma Sen's Ukhara or the Malla bhūmi at the foot of the Sona-giri, close to a low ledge of laterite forming a terrace, is pointed out as the place where Bhīma and Jarāsindhu wrestled and the latter was killed after a fight of thirteen days.