Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.58

c6.58

In modern times Ahicchatra was first visited by Capt. Hodgson who describes it as the ruins of an ancient fortress several miles in circumference, which appears to have had 34 bastions and is known as the Pāṇḍu's Fort. (McCrindle, Ancient India as described by Ptolemy, p. 134). For an identification of this place, see E.I., XXVI, Pt. 2, April, 1941, p. 90. For further details see B. C. Law, Pañchālas and their capital Ahicchatra, M.A.S.I., No. 67; A.S.I.R., I, pp. 255ff.; Progress Report of the Epigraphical and Architectural branches of North-western Provinces and Oudh, 1891-92, 1ff.; B. C. Law, Some Jaina Canonical Sūtras, 169-170; B. C. Law, Tribes in Ancient India, p. 34; Beal, Buddhist Records of the Western World, I, pp. 200-201; McCrindle, Ancient India as described by Ptolemy, p. 134.