Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.234

c10.234

*Maṇḍala*.—This town was also called Maheśmatipura (*J.A.S.B.*, 1837, p. 622). It was the original capital of the country on the upper Narmadā which was afterwards supplanted by Tripurī or Tewār, six miles from Jabalpur. According to Cunningham Maheśmatipura on the upper Narmadā may be identified with Maheśvarapura of Hiuen Tsang (*C.A.G.I.*, pp. 559-60).