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city, called by Ptolemy Ba7iawdsi. It still exists, 

 and great was its fame in ancient times ; but my 

 inquiries concerning it have hitherto proved fruit' 

 less. 



In the eighth century, Vana-ra'ja built Nar* 

 waleh ; and his friend Champa built also the famous 

 town of Champd-nere. In the tenth century, accord- 

 ing to Masoudi, Manhawer became again the me- 

 tropolis of the Bala-rayds ; but in the latter end of 

 the eleventh, and in the beginning of the twelfth 

 centuries, they returned to Narwdleh or Narwdreh ; 

 and in the year 1022, Sultan Mahmud passed 

 through it, and was much delighted with its situa- 

 tion. The princes of Mdlxva resided at first at 

 Ujjnyim^ but Munja transferred the seat of Empire 

 to Sonltpura in the Dekhin, according to the appen- 

 dix to the Agni-purdtva, and now called, after him, 

 Munja-pattana. It is situated on the banks of the 

 Gbdkveri; but whether it be the same with Pattanay 

 or Fratishtdria^ where Sa'liva'hana is supposed to 

 have resided, is unknown to me ; though I suspect 

 that the latter is a little higher up the river, and is 

 called Baithana by Ptolemy, who says, that in his 

 time it was the metropolis of king Siri-Polemaios, 

 the nearest denomination to which, in Hindi, is 

 'Sri-Puloma', or "Sri-Pulima'na. ^Sonitpur-a im- 

 plies the city of blood, and was thus called, accord- 

 ing to tradition, because Munja's army was defeated 

 there, with immense slaughter, and himself lost his 

 life. His being killed in the Decmn is mentioned in 

 the Ai/in-Acberi *. The old city of Benares j north 

 of the river Burn'd, and now in ruins, is sometimes 

 thus called, and tradition variously accounts for it. 

 Munja's successor resided afterward at Dhdrd-na- 

 gara, now Dhdr, and called also, according to lexi- 



* Vol. '2d. p. 55. 

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