Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c6.s1.122

c6.s1.122

Mts, Vmn, Vy *bcd*—मेकलाश्चोत्कलै: सह. The name Mekala is still preserved in that of the present Maikal range which is the connecting link between the Vindhyas and the Satpuras and stretches from the Khairagarh area in M. P. to the Rewah region (Raychaudhuri, *Stud. Ind. Ant.*, p. 134). The Mekalas lived near the Amarkantak hills. Utkala was the western fringe of the Midnapur District and the adjoining parts of Orissa.