History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t3.17

v5.c74.t3.17

¹⁵⁶⁹ Dey (p. 42) regards the identity of the modern Vṛndāvana which is only 6 miles from Mathurā (in the opposite direction to Gokula) with the ancient Vṛndāvana described in the Purāṇas as extremely doubtful on several grounds, the most cogent being that ancient Vṛndāvana and Mathurā appear to have been situated on opposite sides of the Yamunā, while modern Vṛndāvana and Mathurā are on the same side of the river But the references he gives for this last statement viz Visnupurāṇa 5 18 33 and Bhāgavatapurāṇa X. 39. 34 do not in my opinion bear out what he says. The Nāradīya (II. 80 6-7) appears to say that Vṛndāvana is near Govardhana and along the Yamunā and Nandīgrāma