Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c25.23

c25.23

Al-Bīrūnī thus gives the distance from Kanauj to Jajjamau as about 45 miles; from Jajjamau to Abhāpurī as about 30 miles; from Abhāpurī to Kuraha as about 30 miles; from Kuraha to Brahmaśilā as about 30 miles; and from Brahmaśilā to Prayāga or Allāhābad as about 45 miles. Brahmaśilā thus lay about 45 miles to the west or north-west of Allāhābad and was situated in the Doab between Kanauj and Allāhābad. It was therefore to the east or south-east of Kanauj.