Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.489

c6.489

Madāvar.—It was a large town in Western Rohilkhand near Bijnor. Some have identified it with Madipura or *Mo-ti-pu-lo*. According to Hiuen Tsang it was 1,000 miles in circuit. The people of this place, according to Vivien de St. Martin, may be the Mathae of Megasthene. (C.A.G.I., pp. 399ff.).