The Geography of the Puranas c11.s1.33
The Geography of the Purāṇas c11.s1.33
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c11.s1.33
The Śālva (proper) janapada occupied the Sheikhawati-Loharu-Bhiwani region and Bodha corresponded with the Hansi-Hissar-Sirsa tract bounded by the desert on the west, the Śālva on the south and the old bed of the Sutlej in the north. Thus in other words, the Bhuliṅga, Śālva, Bhadrakāra and Bodha janapadas occupied the borderland of the Middle Country so that some of the Purāṇas include them in Middle Country while others count them among the janapadas of the 'Western Lands'. It is to be noted that the precarious tract of Bhuliṅga has been omitted altogether by many Purāṇas.