Hâstinapur, a ruined city of India, on the old bed of the Ganges, 22 miles E. of Meerut. It was the capital of the great Pandava kingdom, frequently mentioned in the Mahâbhârata.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 580
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