Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.304

c7.304

Kośala-nāḍu (Kośalai-nāḍu).—This is southern Kośala which, according to Cunningham, corresponds to the upper valley of the Mahānadi and its tributaries (*S.I.I.*, I, 97; *Archaeological Survey of India*, Vol. XVII, p. 68). According to the Kuruspal Stone Inscription of Someśvaradeva, Mahākośala or Dakṣiṇa Kośala extended from Berar to Orissa and from Amarakantaka to Bastar (*E.I.*, X, No. 4). In the Ratanpur Inscription of Jājalladeva we find that Kāliṅgarāja acquired the land of Dakṣiṇa Kośala and fixed his capital at Tummāṇa. According to the Bilhari Inscription, Lakṣmaṇarāja is stated to have defeated the lord of Dakṣiṇa Kośala (*E.I.*, II, p. 305; I, p. 254). Dakṣiṇa-Kośala is generally taken to represent the modern division of Chattisgarh, while Tummāṇa has been identified with the modern village of Tumana in the Bilaspur district (*E.I.*, I, 39ff.; 45ff.).