Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c20.34

c20.34

This is at least the text adopted by Mallinātha and generally accepted on the authority of that commentator. But the commentators Vallabha, Vijayānanda-sūri and Caritravardhana read : *Śrātastyāṃ ca*, and Hemādri and Sumativijaya have: *Śrāvatyāṃ ca*. And in fact, the Uttarakāṇḍa of the *Rāmāyaṇa*, which Kālidāsa follows, calls the capital of Lava *Śrāvastī* in the text of Bombay CVIII, 5, as the text of Calcutta, CXXI, 4 (श्रावस्तीति पुरी रम्या श्राविता च लवस्य च)². Actually, according to all the texts of the *Rāmāyaṇa*, Lava reigned over Uttara-Kośala while Kuśa ruled over Kośala proper (कोशलेषु कुशं वीरमुत्तरेषु तथा लवम्). *Śrāvastī* was the capital of Uttara-Kośala.³ The city and the