Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s1.31
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s1.31
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c21.s1.31
The empire was divided into a number of provinces styled *Deśas*, *Bhuktis*, etc., sub-divided into districts called *Pradeśas* or *Vishayas*.² Among *Deśas* the Gupta inscriptions mention *Sukuli-deśa*. *Surāshṭra* (Kāṭhiāwāḍ), Ḍabhālā (the Jubbalpore region, Ḍāhala or Chedi of later times) and "*Kālindī Narmadayor Madhya*," the territory lying between the Jumna and the Nerbudda, and embracing, no doubt, Eastern Mālwa, are also perhaps to be placed under this category.