Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c6.58

Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva c6.58

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c6.58

Kārpāsika (M.B. II, 47, 7). It is a very rare word and as far as my information goes only appears once in the Mahābhārata. The historicity of the place however is fully established by its reference in an inscription at Sāñchī. In the inscription No. 143, the gift of one Araha from Kārpāsī-grāma is mentioned.⁹⁶ The rarity of the word which is not repeated in Sāñchī inscriptions perhaps points to the great distance of the Kārpāsika country and the difficulties of communication between India and that country.

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Mahābhārata — Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Sānchi inscription (No. 274) — Prakrit