Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c6.176

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Oḍra : (M.B., II, 47, 19). The country of the Oḍras in the north-west could be located in Swat or the ancient Uḍḍiyāna.¹⁶³ Stein in his explorations of the Upper Swat discovered a fortress on the rugged hill range rising above the village of Uḍegram which is pleasantly situated at the foot of the hills at a point where the fertile and well irrigated riverine plain attains its widest in Upper Swat. The fortress is known among the local Pathāns as Rāja Gira’s Castle. Stein’s explorations yielded from the fortress walls and other signs of human habitation.¹⁶⁴