India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s5.33

c7.s5.33

The *Mahābhārata* speaks of the Śakas as living in this region, named by it as Śākadvīpa, and particularly mentions its places like *Chakshu* (=Oxus), Kumud (=*Komedai* of Herodotus, a mountain in the Śaka country), *Himavat* (=Hemodan mountain), *Sītā* (=Yarkand river), *Kaumāra* (=Komarai of Herodotus), *Maśaka* (=Massagetai of Strabo), *Ṛishika* (=Asioi), *Tushāra* (=Tokarai).