Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.262

c10.262

Narwar.—Cunningham identifies this town with Padmāvatī which, according to the Purāṇas, was one of the cities held by the Nāgas. Coins and inscriptions bearing the name of Gaṇapati who is mentioned as a Nāga King in Samudragupta's Allahabad Pillar Inscription, have been found here (I.A., XII, 80, Nos. 2 and 4; Cunningham, A.S.R., II, 314; Luard, Gwalior State Gazetteer, p. 272). This place is traditionally supposed to be the home of Rājā Nala of Naiṣadha whose romantic love for Damayantī, related in the Mahābhārata, is familiar to all.