The Geography of the Puranas c11.s3.11
The Geography of the Purāṇas c11.s3.11
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c11.s3.11
(ii) Tāpasa (Tāmasa, Svāpada) janapada was identical with the Khandeś region which played an important rôle in medieval history. It covered the whole of the middle Tāpti basin between the Sahyadri and Satpura hills and lay athwart the east-west route, along the Tāpti valley and the subsidiary southern route to upper Godāvari. Its core appears to have been roughly the quadrilateral formed by the towns of Savda (near Bhusawal), Pacora, south-west of Jalgaon, Songir and Tapal as shown on modern maps.