The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s6.230

c6.s6.230

Nimkhârvana—Naimishâranya, twenty-four miles from the Sandila station of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, and twenty miles from Sitapur, on the left bank of the Gumti. It was the abode of sixty-thousand Ṛishis ; many of the Purâṇas were written at this place.