Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.361

c7.361

*Malayagiri*.—It is the name of a hill (*Ibid.*, III, p. 422). It is mentioned in the *Brihat-saṃhitā* (XIV. 11). A Pāṇḍya king leaving his own country sought refuge in this hill. Pargiter correctly identifies this range of hills with the portion of Western Ghats from the Nilgiris to the Cape Comorin. The hermitage of Agastya was situated on the Malayakūṭa which was also known as Śrīkhaṇḍādri or even as Candanādri (cf. Dhoyi’s *Pavanadūtam*). The southern extension of the Western Ghats below the Kāverī, now known as the Travancore hills, really forms the western side of the Malayagiri. According to some the mount Candaka mentioned in the *Jātaka* (V. 162) is the Malayagiri or the Malabar State.