 It is a strip of sand and stone situated north of the town of Dwarka.Bet Dwarka is considered a part of the ancient city of Dvārakā in Indian epic literature, the abode of Krishna, found in the "Mahabharata" and "Skanda Purana".Gujarati scholar Umashankar Joshi suggested that "Antardvipa" in "Sabha Parva" of Mahabharata can be identified as Bet Dwarka, as the Yadavas of Dwarka are said to have travelled to it by boats.