The Geography of the Puranas c11.s6.t2.14

c11.s6.t2.14

*Vitihotra*. North of the Narmadā and west of Tuṇḍikera where the northern basin of the Narmadā is wider and where a large number of its biggest affluents meet it from the north, the janapada of Vitihotra appears to have been located. Thus this janapada was bounded in the south by the Narmadā, in the north, west and east by the steep arc of the Vindhyan scarp which stood like an impenetrable wall along its borders. Vitihotra therefore covered the whole of the north of the Narmadā drained by the streams known as the Kolar, Jamner, Chankesar and Kanar which stood across and controlled the gaps in the Vindhyan scarp through which the southern routes from Ujjaini passed. The centre of the region appears to be Satwas which lies about 30 miles north-west of modern Harda.