Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.561

c6.561

Meharauli.—The Meharauli posthumous Iron Pillar Inscription of Chandra mentions it, which is a corruption of Mihirapurī, a village nine miles almost due south of Delhi. This Vaiṣṇava inscription is to record the erection of a pillar called a dhvaja or standard of god Viṣṇu on a hill called Viṣṇupada (the hill containing the footprint of Viṣṇu) (C.I.I., Vol. III).