India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s5.75

c7.s5.75

The *Kāśikā* gives the following examples of towns with the ending *nagara*: Nāndīnagara, Kāntinagara in the north (*udīchām*); Suhmanagara and Puṇḍranagara (the capitals of Suhma and Puṇḍra provinces in eastern India, VI.2.89); Pāṭaliputra and Ekachakrā (VII.3.14; IV.2.123 in the east); Madranagara (in the north, VII.3.24); and Dākshingara (in the country of Pāṇini's kinsmen, a citizen of which was called Dākshinagarīya, IV.2.142); Māhakinagara (IV.2.142).