Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.133

c8.s3.133

The country called Śrīkuntala is placed between the Kāma-giri and Dvārakā. V. 44 shows that the Kāma-giri was far to the north of the desert. In this connection, it is interesting to note that an inscription of 1176 A.D.¹ represents a ruler of the Kāma country as a tributary to the king of the Sapādalakṣa Mountain (i.e. the Siwalik range). It is also not impossible that the name Kāma has something to do with that of Kumaon. The Śrīkuntala country thus appears to be placed between the Siwalik-Kumaon region in the north and Dvārakā in the south. Śrīkuntala is, however, otherwise unknown and the well-known Kuntala lies in the Kanarese area. Is Śrīkuntala a mistake for Śrikaṇṭhaka or the Thānesar region? The wide extent of the Śrikaṇṭha country can, however, only be accepted if we refer to the time of Harṣavardhana (606-47 A.D.), king of Thānesar and Kanauj.