Anandapura
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Anandapura was one of many Buddhist places visited by Xuanzang in 640 AD. Alexander Cunningham[1] has identified Anandapura with Vadnagar (वडनगर) city in Mehsana district in the state of Gujarat.
Variants[edit]
- Anandapura (आनंदपुर) (गुजरात) (AS, p. 62)
- Vadnagar (वडनगर)
- Varanagara (वरनगर)
Location[edit]
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Origin of name[edit]
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History[edit]
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Literature[edit]
Vijayendra Kumar Mathur [2] has authored... Anandpur (AS, p. 62): Anandpur is a historic city located in Gujarat which has now been renamed Anand. Anandpur is mentioned in Alia Tabhradanapatta (767 AD) of Gurjar Naresh Sheeladitya VII. There was a king's camp in this city from where this rule has been practiced. According to legend, Anandpur Saraswat (Nagar) (p. 63) is the original place of Brahmins. He says that he was the one who invented the Devanagari script.
When Yuvanchwang came to India in the 7th century AD (630-645 AD), the province of Anandpur was located west of Sabarmati towards the north west of Malwa. It was under the Malwa state itself. Its second name was also Varnagar. Uvvat, the author of the Rigveda pratishakhya, has written the Iti Anandpur Vastya at the end of each chapter of his book. It is possible that he has been a resident of this city. Nagar Brahmins are called citizens only because they are residents of Varanagar.
Visit by Xuanzang in 640 AD[edit]
Alexander Cunningham[2] writes that Hwen Thsang places O.nan.to.pulo, or Anandapura, at 700 li, or 117 miles, to the north-west of Vallabhi[3] This town has been identified by M. Viven de Saint- Martin with Barnagar, on the authority of the Kalpa
[p. 494]: Sutra of the Jains ; but tile bearing is to the east of north, and the distance is 150 miles, or 900 li. Barnagar has already been mentioned as the Sanskrit Vadapura, or Barpur. The district was 2000 li, or 333 miles, in extent, and was a dependency of Malwa. This estimate of its size will be fully met by limiting its territory to the triangular tract lying between the mouth of the Banas river on the west, and the Sabarmati river on the east.
References[edit]
- ↑ Sir Alexander Cunningham, The Ancient Geography of India: I. The Buddhist Period, Including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang. p.493-494
- ↑ The Ancient Geography of India/Maheswarapura, p.493-494
- ↑ Julien's ' Hiouen Thsang,' iii. 164.
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