Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.214

c8.214

*Gorathagiri (Goradhagiri)*.—It is the modern Barabar hills (J.B.O.R.S., Vol. I, Pt. II, p. 162; Barua, Old Brāhmī Inscriptions on the Udayagiri and Khaṇḍagiri Caves, p. 224). It is mentioned in the Mahābhārata (Sabhāparva, Ch. XX, v. 30—Gorathaṃgiriṃ āsādya dadriśur Māgadhaṃ puram). The city of Magadha could be seen from the Gorathagiri. According to some, Pāṣāṇakacetiya was either identical with Gorathagiri or some hill near it (Barua, Gayā and Buddha-Gayā, Vol. I, p. 84). Gorathagiri was stormed by king Khāravela of Kaliṅga who then marched towards Magadha. The hill is known as the Goragiri in the Jaina Nisithacūrṇi, p. 18.