Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.419

c8.419

In Hemacandra's Abhidhānacintāmaṇi (IV. 22) there is a mention of Prāgjyotiṣaḥ Kāmarūpāḥ. According to Puruṣottama (Trikāṇḍa, p. 93) Prāgjyotiṣa is Kāmarūpa. The Bṛhat-saṃhitā (XIV. 6) mentions it. According to the Kālikā Purāṇa (Ch. XXXVIII) the capital town of Prāgjyotiṣa has been identified with Kāmākhyā or Gauhati (J.R.A.S., 1900, p. 25). The Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara (Ch. XVII) places Prāgjyotiṣa in the east. According to the Harṣacarita a messenger named Bhāṣkaradyuti was sent to Śrī Harṣa by the prince of Prāgjyotiṣa. This prince was named Kumāra according to Kielhorn. For further details vide Prāgjyotiṣa by B. C. Law in J.U.P.H.S., Vol. XVIII, Pts. 1 and 2; S. C. Roy, Prāgjyotiṣapura in Modern Review, March, 1946; B. K. Barua, A Cultural History of Assam, Vol. I, pp. 9ff.