The Geography of the Puranas c11.s6.16

c11.s6.16

(1) Avanti. With its capital at Ujjainī, this was a well-known region, which covered the headwaters of the river Chambal and the area drained by the Sipra and the Kali Sindh and the upper Chambal. Owing to its position Avanti became a great commercial centre. Three routes met here: from Bhārukaccha (Broach) and Sūrpāraka (Sofala) from Vidarbha and Nasik and from Saraswati in Kosala (Oudh). It was called Avanti at least as late as the second century A.D. but from the seventh-eighth century onwards it was called Mālwa.