Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.693

c6.693

Trigartta.—This country which is mentioned in the Mahābhārata (II, 48, 13), was located between the Rāvi and the Sutlej with its centre round Jalandar. It represented Kangra in ancient days (Moti Chandra, Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata, Upāyanaparva, p. 94). The Daśakumāracaritam records an incident in connection with the three rich householders who were brothers living in the country of Trigartta. During their lifetime there was no rain for twelve years, trees bore no fruits, rain-clouds were scarce, many springs and rivers went dry, cities, villages, towns and other settlements decayed (pp. 150-151). For further details, vide Law, Tribes in Ancient India, Ch. 12.