[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c48.232 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.232 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.232 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c48.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.232) Virbhadra (30°4′; 78°17′), Dt Hardwar, situated on the confluence of the Rambha, a rivulet, and the river Ganga, about 5 km downstream from Rishikesh. According to a version of the \*Skanda-purāṇa\* Māyāpuri, the chief city of Māyāpura-kṣetra, was on the confluence of the Rambha and Ganga; Virbhadra may therefore be identified with Māyāpuri. The site was explored in 1963-4 by M.N. Deshpande (\*IAR 1963-4\*, p. 45). Renewed excavation in 1973-4 and 1974-5 carried out by the writer on behalf of the ASI has revealed deposits of 3·80 m without a break, which is divisible into early, middle and late phases. No brick fortification suspected earlier has however been found. - [Previous: v2.c48.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.231) - [Next: v2.c48.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.233) - [Up: v2.c48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48) ## Cites (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.232) · Pramāṇa