Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c12.23

c12.23

but their dominions certainly included the Ajanta region in the Aurangabad District and very probably also Nāndikaṭa, identified with the Nander District, both in the northern part of the old Hyderabad State. The Vākāṭakas of Vatsagulma therefore ruled over the southernmost region of Berar and the northern part of old Hyderabad, and the ancient Aśmaka country has been located by scholars precisely in this region.¹