[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c8.s3.124 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.124 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.124 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.124) Mahāpurī appears to refer to Delhi which was the capital of the Mughal emperors at the time of the composition of the work to which the verse belongs. Mahā-Kośala is no doubt the same as old Kośala ruled by the Sūrya-vamśī kings from their capital at Ayodhyā, near modern Fyzābād in Oudh (Ayodhyā). The name Mahā-Kośala thus appears to be wrongly applied now to indicate South Kośala, \*i.e.\* the Raipur-Sambalpur-Bilaspur region in Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.³ If we prefer the reading \*sarvataḥ\* to \*pūrvataḥ\*, Mahāpurī would possibly indicate Ayodhyā, the ancient capital of the Kośala \*janapada\*. - [Previous: c8.s3.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.123) - [Next: c8.s3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.125) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.124) · Pramāṇa