Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.121

c8.s3.121

The Mahā-Kośala country is placed to the south of Gokarṇeśa, to the north of Āryāvarta, to the west of Tairabhukti and to the east of Mahāpurī. Gokarṇa is the name of a village on the Bāgamatī in Nepāl. Āryāvartta is not the same as that (=North India) defined by Manu, but the Tantric Āryāvartta defined as