Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s3.15

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³ Aparānta in its extended sense (*cf.* Aśoka, RE, V) no doubt embraces not only Sūrpāraka but Nāsik, Bharukachchha, the Mahī valley, Cutch, Surāshṭra, Ānartta, Abu, etc. (*Vāyu*, 45, 129 f., *Matsya*, 114. 50-51; *Mārk.* 57, 49 f.—the Purāṇic text is corrupt and Surpārakāḥ Kachchhīyāḥ and Ānarttāḥ should be substituted for Sūryārakāḥ, Kāśmīrāḥ and Avantyāḥ). But as the Junāgaḍh record distinguishes Aparānta from Surāshṭra, Ānartta, etc., it is clearly used here in its restricted sense.