Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.108

c10.108

*Bhābrū*.—The Bhābrū Edict or the second Vairāṭ Rock Edict comes from one of the Vairāṭ hills, distant about 12 miles from the camping ground at Bhābrū (*Report of the Archaeological Survey*, Western circle, 1909-1910). The Matsya country appears to have been known in later times as Virāṭa or Vairāṭa. Vairāṭa may have included the greater part of the present State of Jaipur. Its precise boundaries cannot be determined; but they may be fixed approximately as extending on the north from Jhunjun to Koṭ Kāsim 70 miles; on the west from Jhunjun to Ajmeer 120 miles; on the south from Ajmeer to the junction of the Banās and the Chambal, 150 miles and on the east from the junction to Koṭ Kāsim, 150 miles or altogether 490 miles. For further details vide *Matsyadeśa* and *Vairāṭa*.