atavi mahabharat kal mean puliandoan ki basti thi. mahabharat, sabhaparv[1] mean puliand nagar par bhim ne apani digvijay yatra ke prasang mean adhikar kar liya tha.
- 'vayu puran'[2] mean bhi ataviyoan ka ullekh hua hai.
- gupt samrat samudragupt ne chauthi shati ee. mean atavi ke sab rajaoan par vijay prapt karake unhean 'paricharak' bana diya tha.
- 'paricharakikritasarvativikarajasy'[3]
- 'harshacharit' mean banabhatt ne bhi 'viandhyatavi' ka suandar varnan kiya hai.
- rajyashri ki khoj karate samay harsh ki bheant atavi mean hi bauddh bhikshu divakaramitr se huee thi.
- atavi ko 'atavik pradesh' bhi kaha gaya hai.