[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c6.s2 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c6.s2: Condensed List Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c6.s2 - **Language:** English ### Condensed List ### [c6.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.2) ³तास्विमे कुरु-पाञ्चाला⁴ मध्यदेशदयो जनाः⁵ । पूर्वदेशादिकाश्चैव⁶ कामरूपनिवासिनः⁷ ॥ पुण्ड्राः (पाण्ड्याः) कलिङ्गा मगधा (माहिषा)⁸ दाक्षिणात्याश्च कृत्स्नशः⁹ । तथापरान्ताः सौराष्ट्राः¹⁰ शूद्राभीरास्तथाबुर्दाः¹¹ ॥ ### [c6.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.5) 3. This later list is very carelessly compiled and probably had some mistakes even in the original draft. ### [c6.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.6) 4. Vsn, Krm--तास्विमे कुरुपाञ्चालाः; Bmd--तास्विमे कुरुपञ्चालः. See above, p. 21, note 2. ### [c6.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.9) 7. Vsn, Krm, Bmh--कामरूपनिवासिनः. ### [c6.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.10) 8. Vsn, Krm--पुण्ड्राः कलिङ्गा मगधाः; Bmh--पौण्ड्राः कलिङ्गा मगधाः. See above, pp. 29-30. ### [c6.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.12) 10. Vsn--तथापरान्ताः सौराष्ट्राः; Bmh--तथापरान्त्याः सौराष्ट्राः; Krm--तथापरान्ताः सौराष्ट्रः. Aparānta lay to the west of Malwa. ### [c6.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.13) 11. Vsn, Bmh, Krm \*ab\* (v.l.)--शूद्राभीरास्तथाबुर्दाः; Krm \*bc\*--शूद्रा हीना-स्तथाबुर्दाः. ### [c6.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.14) मा(म)रुका मालवाश्चैव¹ पारियात्रनिवासिनः² । सौवीराः सैन्धवा हूणाः³ शाल्वाः शाकलवासिनः⁴ ।। मद्रारामा(द्रकारा?)स्तथाम्बष्ठाः⁵ पारसीकादयस्तथा⁶ ।। ### [c6.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6.s2.20) 2. 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