History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s3.39

c15.s3.39

77. Probably under Purikā was comprised the government of Nagpur, Amaraoti and Khandesh. Pravira was the ruler of both Purikā and [Kāñ]Chanakā, i.e., both Western C.P. and Bundelkhand were under the direct Home Government. The province of Malwā was under the Nāga family stationed at Māhishmatī; Eastern and Southern Baghelkhand, Sirguja, Balaghat and Chanda were under the Mekalā rulers, and the territory to the West of Orissa and Kaliṅga was under the rulers of Kosalā. If the above map of provincial governorships is compared with Harishena’s list (Kuntala-Avanti-Kaliṅga-Kosala-Trikūṭa-Lāṭa-Andhra²....) it would become evident that Kuntala was a later addition, the overlordship of which had been asserted and re-asserted from the time of Pṛithivīsheṇa I onwards. Lāṭa might have been included under Māhishmatī in the early Vākāṭaka period; at about 500 A.D. it was certainly under them.