The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.217

c5.s9.217

Kusāvatī—1 Dvārakā in Gujarat (Nīlakaṇṭha's commentary on v 54, ch 160, Vana P of the Mbh) It was founded by Anartta, the nephew of Ikṣvāku It was also called Kusasthalī and was the capital of Anartta desa (Śiva P, pt vi, ch 60) 2 Kusāvatī, which was situated on the border of the Vindhya hills (Rāmāyaṇa, Uttara K, ch 121), was perhaps the ancient Darbhavatī (modern Dabhoi) thirty eight miles north east of Broach in Gujarat It was the capital of Kuśa, son of Rāmachandra 3 Kasur in the Panjab, thirty-two miles to the south east of Lahore 4 Same as Kusabhavanapura and Kusapura, the capital of Kuśa, son of Rāmachandra (Raghuvamśa, c 15, v 97), Sultanpur in Oudh 5 Ancient name of Kusināra or Kusinagara, where Buddha died (Mahāparinibbāna Sutta in SBE, XI, p 100, Jātaka, Cam Ed, vol V, p 141—Kusa-Jātaka) 6 A place on the bank of the Veṇā or Wain Gangā which was given by Aryaka, the founder of the Abhīra dynasty, to Chārudatta after killing Pālaka, the tyrant king of Ujjayinī (Mṛchchhakaṭika, Act X, 51)