ajapura

(1) Ajapura (No. 12, L. 25):

In Inscription No. 12, we find the mention of the town of Aja-

pura. The name of the viṣaya of which it was a part has been

damaged. Since the column bearing the inscription was origi-

nally found in front of the northern gate of the odl fort of

Bihar,²³¹ we can easily identify Ajapura with the modern vill-

age of the same name in the Rājagṛha viṣaya which is not very

far from Nālandā.²³² The name of the viṣaya which included

this town can possibly be restored as Rājagṛha in the damaged

part of the inscription.