| A jeep or a
rickshaw could negotiate the kutcha road only in the dry season. In the rainy season no
other conveyance but a bullock-cart can negotiate the road. To the east of the village
there is a small river by name Banas. It is commonly believed that the village was once
almost on the bank of the river Ganga that has now receded to a distance of about 10
miles. There is no resting place at Masarh. Masarh is an ancient village full of relies.
The old name of the village, as mentioned in the inscriptions in the Jain temple of
Parasnath at the village, is Mahasara.
According to legend, it is the seat of Banasura or Banaraja
whose daughter Usha was married to Aniruddha, a grandson of Lord Krishna. Hiuen Tsang
visited the village and the village is identified to be Hiuen Tsang's Mo-cho- so- la.
General Cunningham of the Archaeo- logical Survey of India mentions that the village was
originally called Padmavatipura till Vimalanatha, a Jain Kshatriya of Masarh, a village
elsewhere, became the proprietor of the village and changed the name to Mahasara. |
