The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c6.4

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II The Deccan in scriptural and epic tradition, tribes outside the Aryan pale, early post-Vedic texts, the epics; foreign notices, down to the 2nd century A.D.; some famous *janapadas* (territorial units) of antiquity—Vidarbha, Vatsagulma, Bhogavardhana, Mūlaka, Aśmaka (Assaka, Asaka), Rishika (Asika), Andhra (Trilinga, Veṅgī), Kaliṅga, Aparānta, Koṅkaṇa, Mahārāṣṭra, and Karṇāṭa (Kuntala).