Tribes in Ancient India c20.22

c20.22

Still later, the Śivis seem to have migrated to the extreme south of India. The *Daśakumāracaritam* (Madhya, Chap. VI) refers to a settlement of the Śivis on the banks of the Kāverī. The southern Śivis, according to Dr. H. C. Ray Chaudhuri,¹ are probably to be identified with the Chola ruling family.² The Śivi country of the south may be identical with the Śivikā country which is placed among the southern countries by Varāhamihira in his *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* (Chap. XIV, verse 12).