106 R. K. Bhattacharya —Identity of TJyello with ZIpapIava. [No. 2, 
“ Tbe sacred place lying between tbe two divine rivers Saraswati and 
Drisbadwati (Gagra) is called Brahmavarta, and next to Brahmavarta is 
Brahmarshidesa, a place consisting o£ Kurukshetra, Matsya, Pancbala, and 
Surasenaka.” 
Kullwlcabhatta , in bis commentary on tbe last sloka, says “ 
“ Tbe words Matsya &c., when used as plural, denote tbe countries of 
tbe same names. Pancbala is tbe name of Kanyakubjadesa and Surasena of 
Mathura.” 
It would be out of place here to discuss whether Pancbala and Kanya- 
kubja are two different names of the same place. Yet it may be safely- 
inferred that even at tbe time of Kullukahhatta tbe names of tbe places 
mentioned in tbe old books must have become obsolete, otherwise Kulluka- 
bhatta would have pointed out tbe modern name of Matsya. Nevertheless it 
is evident from tbe above mentioned passage of Manu that Matsya Desa 
was situate next to Kuruksliestra in tbe Ambala district and was probably 
on tbe south-east of it. 
Again we find in Yirataparva, Mahabharata—tbe way of tbe Panda- 
vas from Kamyavana—a forest extending on tbe banks of tbe Saraswati— 
to Matsyadesa is described as follows :— 
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“ Pandavas calling themselves hunters and going straight by north of 
Dasarna, south of Pancbala and through Yakrilloma and Surasena reached 
tbe kingdom of Matsya.” From this passage we may easily infer that 
Matsyadesa must have been situate on tbe north-west of Surasena (modem 
Mathura), a place nearly corresponding with that of Manu. 
Moreover it is mentioned in tbe Gograhaparvadhaya, Yirataparva 
of tbe Mahabharata, that Matsyadesa was situated on tbe south-east of 
Hastinapur, then tbe capital of India, and was at a distance of two days’ 
journey from it, thus :— 
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A place called Hathnapore in tbe Mirut district is supposed to be tbe 
Hastinapore of tbe Mahabharata. This supposition also, if correct, supports 
our point. On tbe whole we may be satisfied that Matsyadesa must have 
