Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c9.s3.1

c9.s3.1

About a century after the establishment of the powerful kingdom of Gauḍa, its name began to be used in a general sense to indicate the countries of Eastern India. In Daṇḍin’s *Kāvyādarśa* (seventh century) one of the two principal styles of Sanskrit composition is described as Gauḍa or *prācya*, *i.e.* eastern.