Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.503

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*Triveṇī*.—It is also known as the Muktaveṇī (*Bṛhat Dharma Purāṇa*, Pūrvakhaṇḍa, Ch. 6). It is 5 miles from the present Bandel Junction station. It is a sacred place of the Hindus, situated at the confluence of the Sarasvatī and the Bhāgīrathī. The site is ancient as it is mentioned in Dhoyi’s *Pavanadūta* (v. 33). Kālidāsa refers to this river in his *Raghuvaṃśa* (XIII. 54ff.). The Muslim historians call it Tirpāṇi or Firozabad. During the Muslim period it was an important city and a port. It was once a centre of Sanskrit learning. Mukundarāma, the mediaeval Bengali poet, mentions it as a sacred place. It contains the tomb of Jafar Khan, the conqueror of Saptagrāma, which was built over a Hindu shrine containing some inscribed scenes from the Epics. (*Introducing India*, Pt. I, 75-76).