Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c20.36

c20.36

³ [The *Raghuvamśa* (XVI, 31 ff.) suggests that Kuśāvatī lay in a territory to the south of the Vindhyas, apparently in the present Raipur-Bilaspur-Sambalpur region which was called Kośala at least before the middle of the fourth century when the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta was composed. This country was regarded as Kośala proper while the Ayodhyā region was known as Uttara-Kośala. Cf. Dey, *Geog. Dict.*, s. v.]