Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.173

c8.s3.173

The Lāṭa country seems to be placed to the west of Avanti and to the north-west of Vaidarbha (Berar). The ancient Lāṭa country was the district between the Lower Mahī and the Tāptī; but sometimes it also extended beyond the Mahī. Bhṛgukachcha (Broach) and Navasārikā (Nausāri) belonged to this country. The *Kāmasūtra* (VI, 5, 26) commentary also locates Lāṭa to the west of Apara-Mālava, *i.e.* Western Malwa.