Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c27.5

c27.5

**Maurya Period :**— {
1. Aparāntas proper (capital Śūrpāraka)
2. Bhojas (capital Kuṇḍina?).
3. Rāshtrikas (capital Nāsik?).
4. Petenikas (of Pratishṭhāna?).
5. Pulindas (capital Pulinda-nagara).
6. Andhras (capital Bezvāḍa etc.?).
7. Aṭavi.
8. Kaliṅgas (including Tosalī and Samāpā).