Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s4.3

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c7.s4.3

1-2. Vedamantra and Vimāṇḍavya (Bhadrāri, Meda and Māṇḍavya, or Bhadra, Arimeda and Māṇḍaya, the second and third inhabiting Medapāṭa and Māṇḍavyapura in Rajasthan), 3. Śālva, 4. Nipa, 5. Śaka, 6. Ujjihāna, 7. Vatsa, 8. Ghoṣa-saṅkhya, 9. Khasa, 10. Sārasvata, 11. Matsya, 12. Śūrasena, 13. people of Mathurā, 14. Dharmāraṇya, 15. Jyotiṣika, 16. Gauragrīva, 17. Guḍa (Pāṇḍuguḍa ; Guḍa=Thānesar according to Al-Bīrūni who also speaks of Kuru=Thānesar), 18. Aśmaka (Aśvattha), 19. Uddehika (near Bazāna or Bayānā in Bharatpur according to Al-Bīrūni), 20. Pañcāla, 21. Saṅketa (Sāketa), 22. Kaṅka, 23. Māruta, 24. Kālakoṭi, 25. Pāṣaṇḍa, 26. Pāripātra, 27. Kapiṅgala (Kapiṣṭhala, modern Kapurthala), 28. Kuru, 29. Bāhya, 30. Udumbara, a1d 31. Gajāhvaya (Hastināpura).¹²