Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c19.27

c19.27

It may be pointed out that the text of the above Puranic section is not free from errors.¹ Some of the names show considerable Prakrit influence² while many of them are doubtful. There is however epigraphic support in favour of some of the traditional numbers of grāmas quoted in the list. Thus the Śākambhara or Śākambharī country is actually known to have been otherwise called Sapādalakṣa or ‘one and a quarter lakhs’.³