Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s4.7

c8.s4.7

Yama-prastha seems to be placed in the south (i.e., to the south of Indra-prastha) with Someśvara in the west, Sapta-śṛṅga in the east, Māyāpura in the north and Vyaṅkaṭeśa in the south. Someśvara and Vyaṅkaṭeśa are evidently the gods at the celebrated temples at Somanātha in Kathiawad and at Tirupati in the Chittur District of Andhra Pradesh. Māyāpura and Sapta-śṛṅga are no doubt the places of these names mentioned in connection with Varvara (No. 55). There is reference to another locality called Śaṅkhāvarta which is possibly also called Māyā-kṣetra. Roughly speaking, Yama-prastha or the southern *prastha* comprised parts of Kathiawad in the north-west and the district round Tirupati in the south. Thisw as the seat of the *Narapati* or the lord of men or foot-soldiers.