The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c6.s6.4

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In royal eulogies we have often an enumeration of the *janapadas* to which the patron of the panegyrist claims to have carried his arms or over which he seems to have exercised sway. Fuller lists are found in professedly geographical treatises like the *Jambukhaṇḍa* of the *Mahābhārata*, the geographical cantos of the *Kiṣkindhakāṇḍa* of the *Rāmāyaṇa*, the *Bhuvanakoṣa* of the *Purāṇas*, the *Kūrma-vibhāga* of the *Atharva-pariśiṣṭa* and the *Bṛhatsaṃhitā*, the *Mahāmāyūrī*, and certain Jain texts like the *Prajñāpanā*. Incidental notices are also found in technical literature. Invaluable information is also supplied by Chinese pilgrims, Muslim chroniclers, and European travellers like Marco Polo.