Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s6.30

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There are also several lists of janapadas in certain medieval works. Thus in Vinayacandra’s Kāvyaśikṣā (G. O. S., No. 1), the author enumerates 84 territories, though we find only 76 names in the list as follows—(1) Gauḍa, (2) Kanyakubja, (3) Kaullaka, (4) Kaliṅga, (5) Aṅga, (6) Vaṅga, (7) Kurāṅga, (8) Cālya, (9) Kāmākṣa (Kāmākhyā in Assam), (10) Oḍra (Uḍḍiyāna in the Swat valley),³² (11) Puṇḍra, 12. Uḍīśa, 13. Mālava, 14. Lohita, 15-16. Paścima-Kaccha or Paścima-kaccha, 17. Vālabha (Wala), 18. Saurāṣṭra, 19. Kauṅkana, 20. Lāṭa, 21.Śrīmāla, 22. Arbuda, 23. Medapāṭa, 24. Maru, 25. Varendra, 26. Yamunā-tīra, 27. Gaṅgā-tīra, 28. Antar-vedi (between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā), 29. Magadha, 30. Madhya (Madhya-deśa), 31. Kuru, 32. Kāhala, 33. Kāmarūpa, 34. Kāśī, 35. Avantī, 36. Pāpāntaka, 37. Kirāta, 38. Sauvīra, 39. Auśīra, 40. Vākāṇa (Vokkāṇa), 41. Uttarāpatha, 42. Gurjara, 43. Sindhu, 44. Kekāna (Kekaya), 45. Nepāla, 46. Ṭakka, 47. Turuṣka, 48. Tāika (Tāyika), 49. Āra (Ārava), 50. Jarjara, 51. Kāśmīra, 52. Himālaya, 53. Loha (Lohapura, Lahore), 54. Puruṣa (Peshawar), 55. Śrīrāṣṭra, 56. Dakṣiṇāpatha, 57. Siṅgha, 58. Caula (Chaul), 65. Śrīparvata, 66. Vidarbha, 67. Dhārā, 68. Ura, 69. Lāji, 70. Tāpī, 71. Mahārāṣṭra, 73. Ābhīra, 74. Narmadā-taṭa, 75. Narmadā-dvīpa and 76. Narmadā-deśa.