The Geography of the Puranas c11.s6.t1: (i) (c) The Intervening Spurs of the Vindhyas Between (i) (a) and (i) (b) above
The Geography of the Purāṇas c11.s6.t1
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(i) (c) The Intervening Spurs of the Vindhyas Between (i) (a) and (i) (b) above
c11.s6.t1.1
At least two of the Vindhyan janapadas appear to have covered these spurs and the valleys included within them.
c11.s6.t1.2
Tradition associates the Niṣadhas with King Nala whose story is narrated in the Mahābhārata. In its turn, King Nala is associated with the region of Narwar, a district of the old Gwalior State, which is full of ancient archaeological sites. The Narwar region may therefore possibly be identified with the Niṣadha janapada of the Purāṇas.
c11.s6.t1.3
Tumbura may be identified with the region north of Narwar stretching from the foothills of the Vindhyas to the Chambal. This region became later the land of the Tonwar Rajputs.
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit