IDENTIFICATION OF MANIPURA WITH MANALURU. 311 



APPENDIX. 



IDENTIFICATION OF THE MANIPUEA OF THE 

 MAHABHAKATA WITH MANIPUEA OE MANA- 

 LtJEU OE MADUEA IN SOUTH INDIA. 



On a previous occasion (pp. 232 and 233) we mentioned the 

 city of Manipura as a place to which the Mahabharata accord- 

 ing to Mr. Talboys Wheeler ascribes fortifications provided 

 with firearms. 



This Manipura is declared by Mr. Wheeler to be the 

 modern " Munnipur in the extreme east beyond the Bengal 

 frontier ... a secluded valley lying between Eastern Bengal 

 and Burmah ; and the people appear to be a genuine relic of 

 the ancient Nagas." 199 



The late Professor Christian Lassen, by far the greatest 

 authority on matters connected with Indian Archaeology, 

 inclines to place it on the Eastern Coast of India south of 

 Chicacole at the mouth of the Langulya river, identifying it 

 with a locality he calls Manphur-Bunder. 200 



In order to fix the locality of Manipura it is necessary to 

 follow Arjuna on his journey as described in the first book 

 of the Mahabharata. 201 Arjuna goes first to the North, reaches 

 the Granges, bathes in the holy river, and meets here the fair 

 Ulupl, with whom he stays for some time. He visits all the 

 holy places in Anga, Yanga, and Kaliriga. Pursuing his 

 road to the South along the Mahendra mountains, he crosses 

 Kalinga, goes along the coast and reaches Manipura. Here 



199 See History of India, I, 144, 149, 421 and elsewhere. 



200 See Indische Alterthumskunde, I, 676, 677, (563). 2nd Note " der 

 Name scheint im Manphur-Bunder, erhalten zu sein, welches bei Cikakul 

 nahe bei Koringapatam liegt." 



201 See Mahabharata, Adiparva, Chap. 174, 176; Bharatacampu, III. 

 Stavaka ; Oriental Hist. MSS, Vol. I ? 225, 226. 



