Historical Geography of Ancient India c5.s5.170

c5.s5.170

*Matsya.*—The Matsya country comprises the modern territory of Jaipur. It included the whole of the present territory of Alwar with a portion of Bharatpur. According to the *Rgveda*,² the country of the Matsyas lay to the south or south-west of Indraprastha and to the south of Śūrasena. Virāṭanagara or Vairāṭa was its capital, so-called because it was the capital of Virāṭa, king of the Matsyas.