The Geography of the Puranas c11.s5.13

c11.s5.13

*Mahārāṣṭra*. Although modern Mahārāṣṭra, the Marhātha country *par excellence*, is usually taken as coterminous with the main mass of the Deccan lavas above the Ghats from the Tāpti to the Malaprabha, the Purānic janapada called the Mahārāṣṭra appears to indicate only that region which is covered by the basin of the river Bhīma, since the other regions included in the present Mahārāṣṭra are mentioned as separate janapadas or territories.