Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.561

c7.561

Śrīpura.—This is modern Sirpur which lies north-west of Mukhaliṅgam on the left bank of the Vamśadharā river, 18 miles from Parlakimedi in the Gañjam district (E.I., XXIII, Pt. IV, p. 119). The Pāṇḍyas ruled over Kośala from Śrīpura in the 8th and 9th centuries. It may also be Siripuram which now forms part of the Zemindari of Vāvilavalasa in the Vizagapatam district. It is only three miles south of the Nāgāvalī river on whose northern bank Varāhavardini, the well-known district of Kaliṅga, was situated (Koraṣaṇḍa Copperplates of Viśākhavarman, E.I., Vol. XXI, pp. 23-24).