Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s5.13

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c7.s5.13

Some of the names are doubtful, while the names of the capital cities mentioned in relation to a few of them are apparently wrong. The corresponding list of the Mleccha peoples contain 52 names, many of them being fanciful—1. Śaka, 2. Yavana, 3. Kirāta, 4. Śabara, 5. Varvara, 6. Kāya, 7. Muruṇḍa, 8. Oḍra, 9. Bhaṭaka, 10. Bhittika (with variants), 11. Pakvana (Pakkana of the earlier list), 12. Kulakṣa, 13. Koṇḍa, 14. Siṃhala, 15. Pārasa (Persia), 16. Krauñca, 17. Andhra, 18. Draviḍa, 19. Bilvala, 20. Pulinda, 21. Ārosa (Urasā, Aurasa), 22. Domba, 23. Pokkāna (cf. No. 11), 24. Gandhahāraka (Gandhāra), 25. Bahala (Bāhlika), 26. Jallāra, 27. Māmāṣa, 28. Vakuṣa, 29. Malaya, 30. Cuñcuka, 31. Cūlika, 32. Koṅkaṇa, 33. Meda, 34. Pahlava, 35. Mālava, 36. Abhāṣika, 37. Anakṣa, 38. Cīna, 39. Lāsika (Hlāsa ?), 40. Khasa, 41. Khāsika, 42. Nettara, 43. Mahārāṣṭra, 44. Muṣṭika, 45. Āraba, 46. Dombilaka, 47. Kukuṇa (Kukura), 48. Kekaya, 49. Hūṇa, 50. Romaka, 51. Bharupud, and 52. Maruka.²⁴