The Geography of the Puranas c11.s4.34

c11.s4.34

This region was divided into two janapadas with Suhma and the Tāmraliptika. The latter was limited to Midnapur including the Contai Plain District or the Haldi river basin and extended to the sea. North of it there was the Suhma country, mainly covering the districts of Hooghli, Burdwan, Eastern Birbhum and Western Murshidabad. The whole of the Western Margin as defined above comprised the Radha country of later times, which included the Suhma and Brahmottara janapadas of the Puranas. In fact the Matsya uses the name Suhma janapada only in place of Brahmottara, mentioned by Markandeya, Brahma and Vayu. Other Puranas mix the two together and call it the Suhmottara janapada.