Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.242

c10.242

The present town of Vairāṭ is situated in the midst of a circular valley surrounded by low bare bed hills which have all along been famous for their copper mines. It is 105 miles to the south-west of Delhi, and 41 miles to the north of Jaipur. The soil is generally good, and the trees, especially the tamarinds, are very fine and abundant. Vairāṭ is situated on a mound of ruins about one mile in length by half a mile in breadth. The old city of Vairāṭ is said to have been deserted for several centuries until it was repeopled most probably during the reign of Akbar.