[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Historical Geography of Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954) › c6.574 # Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.574 Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.574 - **Language:** English ### [c6.574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6.574) Naimiṣāraṇya (modern Nimsar).—It is situated on the bank of the Gumti in the Sitapur district. The Vāyupurāṇa (1. 14.) locates it on the bank of the Dṛṣadvati, which, I think, is erroneous. It is an important place of Hindu pilgrimage being one of 51 Pīṭhasthānas (holy places) and an abode of the ancient Aryan sages who wrote the Purāṇas here. Nārada was honoured by the sages when he visited Naimiṣāraṇya (Padmapurāṇa, Uttarakhaṇḍa vs. 77-78). The Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa (XXV. 6, 4) and the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa (I. 363) mention Naimiṣīya which denotes dwellers in the Naimiṣa forest. The Mahābhārata (83. 109-111; 84. 59-64) refers to this holy city. According to the Padmapurāṇa (VI. 219, 1-12) the twelve-year sacrifice was held in the Naimiṣa forest. The Kūrma Purāṇa (Pūrvabhāga, 30. 45-48) makes mention of it among other holy places of India (cf. Bhāgavatapurāṇa, 1. 1. 4; III. 20, 7; X. 79, 30; VII. 14. 31; X. 78, 20; Agnipurāṇa, Ch. 109; Padmapurāṇa, Ch. 16—Tīrthamāhātmya). The Yoginītantra (2/4) mentions it. - [Previous: c6.573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6.573) - [Next: c6.575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6.575) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6) ## Linked texts (9) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.1.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Yoginītantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.yoginitantra.2.4) — Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6.574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6.574) · Pramāṇa