Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c5.69

c5.69

Another passage which is quoted below also confirms our view that the *Sabhāparva* was probably composed in the second century B.C. The couplet in question is from the *Digvijayaparra* in which Sahadeva having conquered the Pāṇḍyas, the Draviḍas, the Coḍras, Kerlas, Andhras, Lavaṇas, Kaliṅgas and the Uṣṭrakarṇikas (M.B., II, 28, 48) subdued Antākhi and Romā by the despatch of the political missions only.