The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.43

c5.s12.43

Tosali—Tosali of the Dhauli inscription of Asoka. It has been identified by Wilford with the Tosala Kosalaka of the *Brahmânda Purana* (ch 51), and simply Kosalaka or Kosala of the *Brihat samhitâ* (*JASB*, 1838, p 449). It appertained to Dakshina Kosala or Gondwana at the time of Asoka (see *Kosala-Dakshina*). Tosali is the Tosale of Ptolemy. The Konsala gang or Kosala Ganga of Kittoe, which is the name of a tank near the Dhauli hill, confirms the statement that Tosali was the ancient Kosala (*Ibid*, p 435).