Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.294

c10.294

Rājim.—The Rājim Copperplate Inscription of the Rājā Tivaradeva mentions Rājim, a town on the right bank of the Mahānadī river, about 24 miles to the south-west of Raypur, the chief town of the Raypur district in the Central Provinces (C.I.I., Vol. III; cf. E.I., XXVI, Pt. II, April, 1941). It is also called Devapura of the Padma Purāṇa. According to the Rājim Stone Inscription of the Nala king Vilasatuṅga, it is a well-known holy place, 28 miles south by east of Raipur situated on the eastern bank of the Mahānadī at the junction of the Pairi with that river. A fair is held here for a fortnight from the full-moon day of Māgh in honour of the god Rājivalocana (E.I., XXVI, Pt. II, p. 49).