The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s1.9

c6.s1.9

Ahâr—Twenty one miles north east of Bulandshahar, on the right bank of the Ganges Traditionally it is the place where Parikshita of the Mahâbhârata died of snake bite, and where his son Janamejaya performed the snake sacrifice (Growse's Bulandshahar), but according to the Mahâbhârata (Svargârohanika, ch 5), the snake sacrifice was performed at Takshasilâ