rajapur namak ek prachin nagar ka ullekh mahabharat, dronaparv[1] mean hua hai. mahabharat ke is ullekh mean karn ka rajapur pahuanchakar kaanbojoan ko jitane ka varnan hai-
'svabahubalaviryen dhartarashtrajayaishina karnarajapur gatva kaanboja nirjitastavaya.'
- chini yatri yuvanachvaang ne bhi is sthan ka apane yatravrit mean ullekh kiya hai.[2]
- kaniangham ne rajapur ka abhijnan pashchimi kashmir mean sthit rajauri se kiya hai.[3]
- mahabharat mean kaliang desh ki rajadhani ka nam bhi rajapur hai-
'shrimadrajapuran nam nagaran tatr bharat, rajanah shatashastatr kanyarthe samumagamanh.'[4]
- rajapur ke raja chitraangada ki kanya ka haran duryodhan ne karn ki sahayata se kiya tha.
- kanbodiya ke prachin virapur ka nam bhi rajapur tha. yah prachin bharatiy upanivesh chanpapuri ke dakshini praant paandurang ki rajadhani thi.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ dronaparv 4-5
- ↑ aitihasik sthanavali |lekhak: vijayendr kumar mathur |prakashak: rajasthan hindi granth akadami, jayapur |sankalan: bharatakosh pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 782 |
- ↑ aisheant jyogrephi aauv iandiya, 192 pri. 148
- ↑ mahabharat, shaantiparv, 4, 3