Muttra

[muh-truh]

noun

former name of Mathura.

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Examples from the Web for muttra

He had advanced to Muttra, which had been abandoned at his approach.
At the Point of the Bayonet|G. A. Henty
All about Muttra we dispersed monkeys up the trees and into the bushes as we approached.
Roving East and Roving West|E. V. Lucas
From Delhi to Muttra the journey was made along by-paths across country.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army|Charles Alexander Gordon
The same was said of Muttra, yet, when we entered, scarcely a square yard was unploughed by our shot.
Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India|W. S. R. Hodson

Both archæology and historical notices tell us something of the history of Muttra.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)|Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for muttra

Muttra

noun

the former name of Mathura

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