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² "The Brahma (*vaivarta*?) Purāṇa assigns Nābhīkapura to the territory of the Uttara-Kurus" (Hultzsch, CII, Vol. I, p. xxxixn). Mr. M Govinda Pai (*Aiyangar Com. Vol.* 36), however, invites attention to the Nabhakānanas, apparently a southern people, mentioned in the Mbh. vi. 9. 59. In connection with the northern limits of the Maurya empire attention may also be invited to the statement in the *Divyāvadāna* (p 372) about Aśoka's subjugation of the Svaśa (Khaśa?) country. According to a legend narrated by the Chinese pilgrims (Watters, *Yuan Chwang*, II, p. 295) exiles from Takshaśilā settled in the land to the east of Khoten in the days of Aśoka.