India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s4.22

c7.s4.22

Thus Pāṇini names three divisions of the Vāhīka country, *viz.* Kekaya, Uśīnara and Madra to which is to be added the fourth division Śavasa. Of these Kekaya and Śavasa may be located between the Jhelum and the Chenab, the first in the south and the second in the north respectively, and Madra and Uśīnara between the Chenab and the Ravi in the north and south respectively. The divisions become clear on the map.