Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India c15.2

c15.2

Sir Alexander Cunningham has pointed out, in his Ancient Geography of India (p. 7), that the *Mahâbhârata*, the *Purânas* and *Bhâskarâchârya*, the astronomer, have given names of a Nine-Division of India and that the names are *Indra*, *Kaserumat*, *Tâmraparna*, *Gabhastimat*, *Kumârika*, *Nâga*, *Saumya*, *Vâruna* and *Gândharva*. No clue has been given, remarks he, to their identification. But he has suggested that *Indra* was the eastern division, *Vâruna* the western and *Kumârika* the middle, while *Kaseru* must have been the northern one.