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The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.118

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.118

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c5.s9.118

Kisoboras (of the Greeks)—Growse identifies it with Mahavana, six miles to the south of Mathura on the opposite bank of the Yamuna (Growse's Mathura, p 279) General Cunningham identifies it with Brindavana (Cunningham's Anc Geo, p 375) Vajra founded many towns after the name of his grandfather Krishna, eg, Krishnapura Wilkins restores the name to Kalisapura, now called Mugu nagar by the Musalmans (Asia Res, vol V, p 270) See Ind Ant, VI, p 240 note It is the Caresobara of Megasthenes