The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s1.163

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Bhojapur—1. The name was indiscriminately applied to both the capitals of ancient Bidarbha, namely Kuṇḍinapura and Bhojakaṭapura (compare the Harivaṃśa and the Raghuvaṃśa). Bhojapura, containing the celebrated topes known by the name of Pipaliya Bijoli Topes, six miles to the south-east of Bhilsâ in the kingdom of Bhopâl, was the ancient Bhojakaṭapura founded by Rukmi, the brother of Rukmiṇî, beyond the Nerbuda, after he was defeated by Kṛishṇa. See Bhâṭ-kuli. 2. Near Dumrâon in the district of Shahabad in the province of Bengal. Râjâ Dulpat of Bhojapura (near Dumrâon), who was a descendant of the ancient Râjâs of Ujjain in Malwa, was defeated and imprisoned by Akbar, and when he was set at liberty on the payment of an enormous sum, he again took up arms and continued to rebel against Jahangir till Bhojapura was sacked, and his successor Râjâ Pertap was executed by Shah Jahan, while the Rânî was forced to marry a Muhammadan courtier (Blochmann's Notes from Mahomedan Historians on Chutia Nagpur, Pachet and Palamau in JASB., 1871, p. 11; Ain-i-Akbari, vol. I, p. 513). Jayadeo Shah emigrated from Ujjayinî and established himself at Bhojapura; he had three sons, Deo, Dulla and Pertap. Dulla (or Dulpat of Blochmann) was the ancestor of the Râjâs of Dumrâon. The Nava-ratna, evidently a Mahomedan structure, is the only ancient building at this place.