Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c15.20
Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c15.20
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c15.20
This is possibly supported by Ptolemy's *Geography* (if Raychaudhuri's indentification of Kambyson is accepted) and certainly by the Jain *Prajñāpanā* which speaks of Tāmralipti or Tāmralipta (modern Tamluk in the Midnapur District) as a locality belonging to the land of the Vaṅgas.¹ But far more important in determining the home of the Vaṅga people is verse 36 of Kālidāsa's text describing Raghu's victory over the Vaṅgas :
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- Raghuvaṃśa — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit
- Pannavaṇā — Śyāmārya, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit