The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s1.206

c6.s1.206

Buxar—1. Bedagarbhapurī. 2. Siddhāśrama, the hermitage or birth-place of Vāmana Deva, one of the incarnations of Vishṇu, near the junction of the Thorā and the Ganges. 3. Viśvāmitra-āśrama, the hermitage of Viśvāmitra, where Tāḍakā was killed by Rāmachandra. 4. Byāghrasara, from a tank near the temple of Gourīśaṅkara in the town. 5. Byāghrapura. Buxar is situated in the district of Shahabad. The battle of Buxar was fought at a field near the village called Kathkouli or Kaithooli, about two miles from Buxar, containing the tombs of Mahomed Isa, and Syed Abdul Karim and Syed Golam Kadir, three generals of the Mahomedans, bearing the date Hijri 1177.