The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.101

c5.s9.101

Khāndava Vana—Mozuffarnagar, at a short distance to the north of Mirat included in ancient Kurukshetra It is one of the stations of the North Western Railway Arjuna one of the Pandavas, appeased the hunger of Agni the god of Fire, at this place (*Mbh* Ādi, ch 225) The name was applied to a great portion of the Mirat division from Bulandshahar to Saharanpur (Hardwar in the *Cal Review* of 1877, p 67) Khāndava vana was situated on a river called Asvarathā (*Mbh*, Vana, ch 160) According to the Padma P, (Uttara, ch 64), Khāndava vana was situated on the Jamuna, and Indra prastha, called also Khāndava prastha, was a part of it