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The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s5: J

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s5

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Jabbalpur—Jâvâlipura.

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Jaipur—See Jeypur.

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Jais—Ujâlikanagara, twenty miles east of Rai Bareli

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Jâjmau—Yayâtipura, three miles from Cawnpur, where the ruins of a fort are pointed out as the remains of the fort of Râjâ Yayâti (see Sambhâra lake).

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Jâjpur—The country which stretches for ten miles around Jâjpur in Orissa was called 1. Birajâ-kshetra. 2. Pârvati-kshetra. 3. Gayânâbhî. 4. Yajñapura. 5. Yayâtipura.

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Jakhtiban—Same as Jeṭhlan.

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Jalalâbâd—1. Nagarahâra. 2. Nigarâhâra. 3. Nirâhâra. 4. Nagara. 5. Nysa of the Greeks. 6. Dionysopolis of Ptolemy. Nagarahâra, at the confluence of the Surkhar or Surkhrud and Kabul rivers, was 4 or 5 miles to the west of Jalalabad. It is also called Amarâvati in one of the Jâtakas. A village called Nagaraka still exist about two miles to the west of Jalalabad (see Nanghenhar). The town of Jalalabad was built by Shumsoodin Khaffi in 1570 by the order of Akbar (JASB., 1842, p. 125).

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Jalalpur—1. Girivrajapura. 2. Râjagriha. 3. Girjak, the capital of Kekaya of the Râmâyaṇa, on the Jhelum, in the Panjab.

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Jalandhar—1. Jâlandhara. 2. Trigartta, in the Panjab.

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Jalandhar-Doab—Between the Bias and the Sutlej in the Panjab. It comprised the ancient countries of Kekaya, and Vâhika or Vâlhika.

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Jallalpur—Bukephala of the Greeks, in the Panjab.

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Jam-niri—The river Nirvindhya. Same as Newuj.

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Jamunâ—1. The river Yamunâ. 2. The Kâlindî from the country called Kalinda-deśa, in which it has its source.

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Jamunotri—1. Yamunâ-prabhava. 2. Yamunotri (Yamunâ-avatari), the source of the river Jamuna (Yamunâ) in the Bândarpuchchha range of the Himalaya, situated in the ancient country called Kalinda-deśa.

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Jarasandha-kâ-Baithak—Hamsa-stûpa (see Giryek).

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Jaṭâphaṭkâ—The Jaṭâ mountain, in which the Godâvarî has got its source.

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Jaunpur—Yavanapura, near Benares. The Mahomedan kingdom of Jaunpur was established in the 14th century A.D.

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Java—Yava-dvîpa.

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Jawâlâmukhi—1. Baḍavâ of the Mahâbhârata. 2. Jwâlâmukhî, one of the 52 Pîṭhas.

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Jaxartes—1. The river Sîtâ. 2. The Silâ. 3. The Rasâ. 4. The Raṅhâ of the Avesta. 5. Araxes of Herodotus; Ja is another name of the Jaxartes (Vambery's History of Bokhara, p. 8). The word Jaxartes is a combination of Jaj and Araxes (of Scythia) in order to distinguish the latter from the Araxes of Armenia or the Arab, and the Araxes of Persia or the Bund Amir.

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Jeṭhian—1. Yashtivana. 2. Laṭṭhivana, about two miles north of Tapovana in the district of Gayâ.

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Jeypur—The territory of Jaipur, including Âlwar, was the ancient Matsya-deśa of the Mahâbhârata. Its capital was Birâṭa (modern Bairâṭ) where the Pâṇḍavas resided incognito for one year; it is a small village to the west of Âlwar and forty-one miles north of Jaipur and one hundred and five miles south-west of Delhi.

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Jhalrapatan—Chandrâvatî, in Malwa, on the river Chandrabhâgâ.

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Jhelum—1. The river Bitastâ. 2. The Behat. 3. The Hydaspes. 4. The Bidaspes of the Greeks. 5. The Bitamsâ of the Buddhists, in the Panjab. It leaves the valley of Kasmir at Barâhamûla and falls into the Chinab near Jhung. 6. Jhelum has been identified with the Hlâdinî of the Râmâyaṇa (Barooah's Dictionary, vol. III, preface, p. 37).

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Jhusi—Pratishṭhânapura, on the north bank of the Ganges, three miles east of Allahabad; it was the capital of Purûravâ. It is still called Pratishṭhâpura.

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Jogoni-Bhariya Mound—Jetavana-vihâra, one mile to the south of Sahet-mahet on the Râptî in Oudh, where Buddha resided for several years.

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Joharganj—Dhanapura, twenty-four miles from Ghazipur.

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Johilâ—The river 1. Jyotirathâ. 2. Jyotishâ, a tributary of the river Sone.

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Joonir—Jîrṇanagara, in the province of Bombay. The Chaitya cave of Joonir is supposed by Fergusson to belong to the first or second century of the Christian era.

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Joshimaṭh—Jyotirmaṭha, in Kumâun.

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Junâgaṛ—1. Javananagara (Yavananagara). 2. Asildurga. 3. Karṇakubja, in Guzerat.

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Jvâlâmukhî—A celebrated place of pilgrimage, 25 miles from Kangra, being one of the 52 Pîṭhas where Satî's tongue is said to have fallen (see Jawâlâmukhi).

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Jyntea—1. Pravijaya. 2. Prâgvijaya. 3. Jayantî, in Assam.

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