India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s2.5
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c7.s2.5
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c7.s2.5
Further up, modern Sind is mentioned under the name of Sauvīra. Pāṇini had a direct knowledge of the country as he shows acquaintance with its social life (formation of its *gotra*-names) as will be explained later.