The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.52

c5.s9.52

Kapisa—1 Kushan, ten miles west of Opian, on the declivity of the Hindu kush in short, the country to the north of the Kabul river was Kapisa, the Kipin of the Chinese travellers Julien supposes the district to have occupied the Panjshir and Tagao valleys in the north border of Kohistan (Beal's R W C, I, p 55 n) It is the Kapisi of Panini Ptolemy places Kapisa two and half degrees northwards from Kabura or Kabul (JASB, 1840, p 484) According to Sir R G Bhandarkar, Kapisa was North Afghanistan—the country to the north of the Kabul river (Ind Ant, I, 22) According to Prof Lassen, Kapisa is the valley of the Gurbad river (JASB, 1839, p 146) The town of Kapisa was once the capital of Gandhara (Rapson's Anc Ind, p 141) It has been identified with Afghanistan (Ind Ant, I, 1872, p 22) 2 The river Subarnarekha in Orissa Karaskara—The country of the Kâraskaras is in the south of India (Mbh, Karna, 44, Baudhayana, I, 1, 2, Matsya P, 113) Perhaps it is Karakal in South Kanara, Madras Presidency, famous for the Jaina and Buddhist pilgrims, which accounts for its being condemned as a place of pilgrimage