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Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c6.s2: Condensed List

Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c6.s2

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c6.s2.1

Vsn, II, ch. 3, vv. 14-17; Krm, I, ch. 46 (47 in some texts), vv. 41-44; Bmh, 21, 15-17.

c6.s2.2

³तास्विमे कुरु-पाञ्चाला⁴ मध्यदेशदयो जनाः⁵ । पूर्वदेशादिकाश्चैव⁶ कामरूपनिवासिनः⁷ ॥ पुण्ड्राः (पाण्ड्याः) कलिङ्गा मगधा (माहिषा)⁸ दाक्षिणात्याश्च कृत्स्नशः⁹ । तथापरान्ताः सौराष्ट्राः¹⁰ शूद्राभीरास्तथाबुर्दाः¹¹ ॥

c6.s2.3

1. Mk *ac*, Vy--त्रिगर्त्ता मालवाश्चैव; Mk *d*--त्रिगर्त्ता गालवाश्चैव; Bmd--त्रिगर्त्ता मालयाश्चैव; Mts--त्रिगर्त्ता मण्डलाश्चैव. Vmn has rather freely--त्रिगर्त्ताश्च किराताश्च तोमराः शिखाद्रिकाः. Trigarta=modern Jalandhar region. For the *Sapta-mālava* or seven localities called Mālava, see Raychaudhuri, *PHAI*, p. 492 n. Mālava in our text may be the same as the country of that name identified with the cis-Satlaj districts of the Punjab together with some Himalayan territory.

c6.s2.4

2. Mk, Vy *acde*, Bmd--किरातास्तामसैः सह; Vy *b*--किरातास्तामरैः सह; Mts--किराताश्चामरैः सह. Kirātas=Himalayan mountaineers : cf. the name of modern Kirānti, etc. See p. 22, note 1. The reading तोमर (for तामर) is supported by some passages; cf. Chapter III, Section X, H. See also p. 26, n. 8 above.

c6.s2.5

3. This later list is very carelessly compiled and probably had some mistakes even in the original draft.

c6.s2.6

4. Vsn, Krm--तास्विमे कुरुपाञ्चालाः; Bmd--तास्विमे कुरुपञ्चालः. See above, p. 21, note 2.

c6.s2.7

5. Vsn, Krm Bmh--मध्यदेशदयो जनाः. Madhyadeśa lay between the East Punjab and Eastern U.P. and between the East Punjab and the Oxus lay Udīcya.

c6.s2.8

6. Vsn, Krm, Bmh--पूर्वदेशादिकाश्चैव. Originally Prāchya or Pūrvadeśa included the lands lying to the east of Eastern U. P.

c6.s2.9

7. Vsn, Krm, Bmh--कामरूपनिवासिनः.

c6.s2.10

8. Vsn, Krm--पुण्ड्राः कलिङ्गा मगधाः; Bmh--पौण्ड्राः कलिङ्गा मगधाः. See above, pp. 29-30.

c6.s2.11

9. Vsn, Krm.--दाक्षिणात्याश्च कृत्स्नशः; Bmh--दाक्षिणात्याश्च सर्वशः. Dākṣiṇātya or Dakṣiṇāpatha lay to the south of the Vindhya or the Narmadā.

c6.s2.12

10. Vsn--तथापरान्ताः सौराष्ट्राः; Bmh--तथापरान्त्याः सौराष्ट्राः; Krm--तथापरान्ताः सौराष्ट्रः. Aparānta lay to the west of Malwa.

c6.s2.13

11. Vsn, Bmh, Krm *ab* (v.l.)--शूद्राभीरास्तथाबुर्दाः; Krm *bc*--शूद्रा हीना-स्तथाबुर्दाः.

c6.s2.14

मा(म)रुका मालवाश्चैव¹ पारियात्रनिवासिनः² । सौवीराः सैन्धवा हूणाः³ शाल्वाः शाकलवासिनः⁴ ।। मद्रारामा(द्रकारा?)स्तथाम्बष्ठाः⁵ पारसीकादयस्तथा⁶ ।।

c6.s2.15

³ Vsn, Krm—सौवीराः सैन्धवा हूणाः; Krm b (v.l.)—सौवीराः सैन्धवाकूणाः, c (v.l.)—सौवीराः सैन्धवाकृष्णाः; Bmh—सोवीराः सैन्धवापस्नाः. See above, p. 24, notes 2 and 4.

c6.s2.16

⁴ Vsn, Bmh—शाल्वाः शाकलवासिनः; Krm a—शाल्वाः कान्यनिवासिनः, b—मालया वाल्यानिवासिनः, v.l., c (v.l.)—शाल्वाः कल्पनिवासिनः See above, p. 21, note 3; p. 24, note 2.

c6.s2.17

⁵ Vsn, Bmh—मद्रारामास्तथाम्बष्ठाः; Krm a—मद्रारामास्तथैवान्धाः, bc—माद्रारामास्तथैवान्धाः. See above, p. 21, note 4. For the Ambaṣṭhas living on the lower Chenab, see Raychaudhuri, PHAI, pp. 206-07.

c6.s2.18

⁶ Krm—पारसीकास्तथैव च; Vsn, Bmh—पारसीकादयस्तथा. The Pārasikas (Persians) are not mentioned in the bigger list or in any work earlier than Mbh, VI, 9, 65-66, and Kālidāsa's Raghuvamśa, IV, 60. They are also mentioned in the Pādatāḍitaka-bhāṇa (5th century), the Mudrārākshasa (c. 7th century) and the Gauḍavaha (8th century). See Suc. Sāt., p. 326; JRAS, 1946, p. 51.

c6.s2.19

1. Vsn—कारूषा मालवाश्चैव; Krm a—मालका मालवाश्चैव, b—मालाका मलपाश्चैव, v.l.—मालका मलयाश्चैव, c—मालका मलपाश्चैव; Bmh—मारुका मालवाश्चैव. Maruka=Maru or Marwar. See above, p. 26, note 2.

c6.s2.20

2. Vsn, Krm a—पारिप्रात्रनिवासिनः; Krm b—परियात्रनिवासिनः; Krm c, Bmh—पारियात्रनिवासिनः

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