Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c6.s1.126

c6.s1.126

4. Mk, Vmn *b*—तोशला: कोशलाश्चैव; Vy *acde*—तोसला कोसलाश्चैव; Bmd—तोसला: कौशलश्चैव; Vmn *a*—तोशला शोकलाश्चैव; Mts *ac*—स्तोशला कोसलाश्चैव, *b*—स्तोशला कौसलाश्चैव ; Vy *b* -recognises कोसल only. Both the names could be spelt either with the dental or with the palatal sibilant. Tośala was no doubt the district round the city of Tośali (modern Dhauli, near Bhubaneswar in the Puri District, Orissa). In the early medieval period, the Tośala *janapada* is known to have been divided into Uttara-Tośala and Dakṣiṇa-Tośala. Kośala here is no doubt Dakṣiṇa-Kośala, identified with the modern Raipur-Bilaspur-Sambalpur region of M. P. and Orissa. See Raychaudhuri, *PHAI*, pp. 252, 452.