Indian Epigraphy c16.s4.1

c16.s4.1

The meaning of the geographical names found in the records of different parts of the country is not intelligible in many cases. A word indicating a particular kind of territorial or administrative unit (e.g. words meaning a village, a town, a city, a district, a province, etc.) was often suffixed to place names. Very often geographical names were coined by suffixing a word meaning a village or town to the names of persons who were generally associated with their foundation. Territories were often named after peoples.