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LIFE IN ANCIENT INDLA
Mahāpura—a city
It is said that the twelfth Titthayara received his first alms at this place. 477 This town is said to have been visited by Mahāvira.478
It cannot be identified.
Mahatavovatīr appabha—a spring
This spring is described as being five hundred dhanus in length and was situated in Rāyagıha near the mountain Vebhāra 479
In Pali literature it is known as Tapodā; it was a large lake below the Vebhāra mountain outside Röyagiha 480
This spring is identified with modern Tapoban at the Rajgir hills 481
Mähesari or Māhesara—a city
Mähesari was situated in Dakkhinävaha. It was a prosperous city.482 Māhessara is mentioned along with Sirimāla and Ujjeni, where people were fond of drinking wine 483
"It is identified with Māhismati or Mahesh on the right bank of the Nerbada, forty miles to the south of Indore.484
Mahi-a river
Mahi is mentioned as one of the five great tributary rivers of the Ganges (see Adi)
It is identified with Mhye in Saran district, Bihar 485
Mahiravana-a river
(see Dimbharelaka).
Mahura or Uttara Mahură—a city
Sürasena was one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries with Mahurā as its capital. Mahurā is included among the ten capitals of ancient India. It was an important city in Uttarāvaha to which ninety six villages were attached.480
477 Ava. Nir., 324. 478 Via II, 7, p. 64-1. 419 Bhag., 2.5 480 See Vinaya, III, p 108; the com. on the Digha. I, p 35. 481 C. A G.1, 529, also see Martin's Eastern India, Vol. I, p. 253 f. 499 Ava. Ti , p 249 a. 188 Aca Cu., 2 l, 333. 184
G.D, pp. 119, 120.
C. A. G. I, p. 719. 486 Brh. Bha. 1. 1774 f.
