Historical Geography of Ancient India c9.220

c9.220

Sindhu-Sauvīra.—Pāṇini mentions Sauvīra and Suvīra in his Aṣṭādhyāyī (4.2.76; 4.1.148). Patañjali in his *Mahābhāṣya* also refers to it (4.2.76). The name Sindhu-Sauvīra suggests that Sauvīra was situated on the Indus and the Jhelum. That the Sauvīras are often connected with the Sindhus determines that these two peoples, who were later regarded as one and the same, were settled on the Sindhu or the Indus. They played an important part in the Kurukṣetra war. The Junāgaḍh Rock Inscription of Rudradāman (*c.* 150 A.D.) refers to the Mahākṣatrapa’s conquest of Sindhu-Sauvīra along with Pūrvāparā-karāvantī, Anūpanivrit, Ānarta, Surāṣṭra, Svabhra, Maru, Kaccha, Kukura, Aparānta and other countries. It is mentioned in the Luders’ List, No. 965. The *Bṛhatsaṃhitā* mentions it (XIV, 17).