Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c10.27

c10.27

¹⁹ ये वाप्यन्येऽपरान्ता is the Sanskrit of the original *Iral pit*. It might be translated as "and also those other called Aparântas," *i e* also that other country called Aparânta If we take it in this way, Aparânta is clearly Northern Konkan, for that is the name of that part of the country found in Sanskrit and Pali Literature from the remotest times In the Mahâvaṁsa and Dîpavaṁsa quoted below, Mahârâshṭra is associated with Aparântaka It is possible to translate it as "and also other western countries" as M Senart does But the word "other" certainly refers to *Rastika-Petenikânâm* and not to the preceding Yonam Kambojam &c, as he takes it so as to make these last also western countries (Inscriptions of Aśoka, Vol II, p 84)