Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.169
Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.169
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The Madra country is located south-eastwise between Vairāṭa and Pāṇḍya. Vairāṭa is evidently the same as Virāṭa (No. 24) and Pāṇḍya the same as Pāṇḍu (No. 25). The ancient Madra people lived about the modern Sialkot District of the Punjab. Their capital Śākala has been identified with Sialkot. Madra however has been used here in a wider sense, as Virāṭa or Matsya lay far to the south of the ancient Madra country.