Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.88

c8.s3.88

The Kirāta country is described as extending from Tapta-kuṇḍa as far as Rāma-kṣetra and as lying on the Vindhyas. Tapta-kuṇḍa may indicate the hot springs at Rājgir in the Patna District, Bihar, or those near Monghyr. Rāma-kṣetra may be Rāma-giri or Rāmtek. Kirāta here seems to indicate some Vindhyan hill tribes, though in old literature they are usually connected with the Himalayan region. The fact is that such names as Pulinda and Kirāta really indicated particular hill tribes; but later their meaning expanded so as to signify any hill tribe.