The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s6.199

c6.s6.199

Multân—1. Mulasthânapura. 2. Mauli-snâna. 3. Prahlâdapurî. 4. Śâmbapura. 5. Mitravana. 6. Kâśyapapura. 7. Hiraṇyapura. 8. Malladeśa. 9. Mâlava, Panjab, where Nârâyaṇa incarnated as Nṛisiṃha and killed the Asura Hiraṇyakaśipu, the father of Prahlâda. It was the capital of Malla-deśa or the country of the Mallis of Alexander's historians, which was given to Lakshmaṇa's son Chandraketu by his uncle Râmachandra, when the latter made a disposition of his kingdom before his death. See Hindaun. Multan and Jahrawar were comprised in the ancient country of Sauvîra.