Historical Geography of Ancient India c9.23

c9.23

Ānartta.—It is the name of a country in North Kathiawar (Luders' List No. 965). According to some this tract lies round Dvārakā, while according to others, it is situated round Vaḍanagar (cf. Bombay Gazetteer, I, 1. 6). This country seems to have reconquered from Gautamīputra by Śaka Mahākṣatrapa Rudradāman (vide B. C. Law, Indological Studies, Pt. I, pp. 52-53). According to the Skanda Purāṇa (Ch. 1, 5-6) there was a hermitage (āśrama) in this country full of ascetics chanting vedic verses.