India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s5.20
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c7.s5.20
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The last pair of names refers to Bahugarta and Chakragarta. Bahugarta refers most likely to the valley of the Sābarmatī, Skt. Śvabhramatī, literally the river of holes or pits (*śvabhra*=hole, pit). Chakragarta refers to the region of Chakra-tīrtha on the Gomatī near Dvārkā in Prabhāsa-kshetra. The two indicated the peculiarity of the natural terrain formed by undulating loessic dunes.