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Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptionsMandasor (मन्दसोर्) or Dasor is another name for Daśapura: a place name ending in pura mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Daśapura has been identified with Mandasor in Western Malwa formerly in the Gwalior State. The ancient Daśapura stood on the north or left bank of the Siwana, a tributary ofthe river Śiprā.
Mandasor, the full form of the name of the town Daśapura by which it is officially known and which is entered in maps, is also explained in two ways:
A) As suggested by Bhagwan Lai Indraji, it may represent Manda-Daśapura, “the distressed or afflicted Daśapura”, referring to the overthrow of the town, and the destruction of the Hindu temples in it, by the Musalmans, in memory of which, even to the present day, the Nāgar brāhmaṇas of the area do not drink water there. This is supported by the fact that some paṇḍits still call it Mannadasor.
B) F.S. Growse suggests that the name combines the two names of Mad and Daśapura: the former being the name of a village (also called Afzalpur) about eleven miles south-east of Mandasor, from which, it is said, were brought, from ruined Hindu temples, the stones that were used in the construction of the Musalman fort at Mandasor.
Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Early Gupta KingsMandasor (मन्दसोर्), or more properly Daśor, is, the chief town of the Mandasor District of Madhya Pradesh. Daśapura is identical with Mandasor. The best explanation of the formation of the name Mandasor is that it is a composite name con sisting of Man and Dasor which were originally lying side by side and of which Man has been completely wiped out of existence. The second of these, namely, Dasor, is a regular modern derivative of the ancient Daśapura.
Source: What is India: Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy (1945-1952)Mandasor (Mandsaur) is an archaeologically important site situated in Madhya Bharat, known for inscriptions regarding the ancient history of India. For example, at Mandasor there is a Sanskrit inscription on the wall of an old structure near Abhay Bāurī which mentions sāmrājya with referenced to two persons whose names are not clear. It is dated V. S. 1006.
Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume 27 (1947-1948)Mandasor is the headquarters of a district of the same name in Gwalior State. It is a place of antiquarian interest, identified with the ancient town Daśapura which ismentioned in two inscriptions in the Buddhist caves at Nasik (2nd century A. D.), in the Meghadūta of Kālidāsa (5th century A. D.), in Bṛhatsaṃhitā (6th century A. D.) and in another inscription found at Mandasor (5th century A. D.).
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Full-text: Dashapura, Dasor, Aulikara, Lokottaravihara, Kshayin.
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Sanskrit Inscriptions (K): The Paramāras < [Chapter 3]
Chart: Movement of Vedic Brāhmaṇas < [Chapter 3]
Sanskrit Inscriptions (F): The Early Gurjaras < [Chapter 3]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
2. Southern Scenario < [Chapter 1 - Rise of Urbanization and Luxury Life in India]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Historical Elements (2): Archaeology < [Chapter 2 - History and Historical elements]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Suryanarkoyil < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 13: Fight between Udāyana and Pradyota < [Chapter XI - The story of Rauhiṇeya]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 7 - Nalanda’s Rise of a Multi-functional Nodal Centre < [Chapter III - Nālandā: Evidence for rise and progress of the settlement]