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These ten kinds are named, it should be noticed, after the historic places well marked in the ancient geography of India, which cover the whole length and breadth of the Indian Continent. Of these, the Pāñchāla and the Drāviḍa are stated to be of the smallest type (line 10), next in size and importance are respectively the Madhya-kānta, the Kāliṅga-kānta, the Varāṭa (? Virāṭa), the Kerala, and the Vaṁśa-kānta. The largest and the most important are the Māgadha (connected with the capital of King Aśoka and of the early Gupta Emperors) and the Jana-kānta, and also perhaps the Sphūrjaka, which, however, is not specified in detail (11).