Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c5.s1.76

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South India conceived as a separate *cakravarti-kṣetra* is mentioned as bounded by the three seas also in the inscriptions of a later date. The Cālukyas of Badami claimed to be lords of the land lying within the three seas: त्रि-समुद्र-मध्यवर्ति-भुवन-मण्डलाधीश्वर.¹ The Mulgund inscription of Pañcāla similarly represents him as the lord of the whole country bounded by the eastern, western and southern seas.² The inscriptions of the Eastern Cālukyas, however, refer to the southern *cakravarti-kṣetra* as the land between the Narmadā and the Setu.³