Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.492
Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.492
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c7.492
*Purikā*.—It is the name of a city (Barua and Sinha, *Barhut Inscriptions*, pp. 17, 21), and is the same as Pulika of the *Mahābhārata*, Purikā of the *Khila-Harivaṃśa*, and Paulika Paurika and Saulika of the *Purāṇas*. In the *Purāṇas* it is included in the list of countries of the Deccan. In the *Khila-Harivaṃśa* (XCV, 5220-28) the city of Purikā is placed between two Vindhya ranges, near Māhiṣmatī and on the bank of a river flowing from the Rkṣavanta mountain (cf. *Viṣṇupurāṇa*, XXXVIII, 20-22).
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit