Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s6.34

c7.s6.34

cf. the names of the Pir Panjal range and river, which are really Pañcāla).83 23. Kāmboja (from Pāñcāla to the south-east of the Mleccha contry), 24. Virāṭa (to the north of Vidarbha, south of Indraprastha and east of the Maru), 25. Pāṇḍu or Pāṇḍya (to the south of Kāmboja and west of Indraprastha), 26. Videha or Taira-bhukti (between the Gaṇḍaki and Campāraṇya), 27. Bāhlīka (bordering on Kāmboja and lying to the east of Mahā-Mleccha), 28. Kirāta (on the Vindhya between Taptakuṇḍa and Rāmakṣetra), 29. Vakrānta (Makrān—between the Karatoyā and Hiṅgulāja), 30. Khurāsāna (Khurāsān=between the Hiṅgu-pīṭha or Hiṅglaj and Makkeśa or Mecca; apparently the same as Mleccha or Mahāmleccha), 31. Airāka (Iraq=in the northern part of Khurāsāna), 32. Bhoṭānta (Bhutan—between Kāśmīra and Kāmarūpa), 33. Cīna (Tibet—to the south-east of Mānaseśa or Lake Mānasa), 34. Mahācīna (from Mt. Kailāsa beyond the source of the Sarayū to Moṅga or Mongolia), 35. Nepāla (between Jaṭeśvara and Yoginī or Yoginīpura, i.e. Delhi), 36. Śīlahaṭṭa (Sylhet in East Pakistan—between the sea and Gaṇeśvara), 37. Gauḍa (between Vaṅga and Bhuvaneśa), 38. Mahākośala (North Kośala—bounded by Gokarneśa in the north, the Tantric Āryāvarta in the south, Tairabhukti in the east and Mahāpurī in the west), 39. Magadha (between Kāleśvara or Vyāseśvara and Taptakuṇḍa), 40. Kikaṭa (in the southern part of Magadha), 41. Utkala (extending upto the country of Jagaṇnātha), 42. Śrīkuntala (between the Kāma-giri and Dvārakā), 43. Hūṇa (to the south of the Kāma-giri and the north of the Maru-deśa), 44. Koṅkaṇa (on the sea-coast between the Ghaṭṭa or Western Ghaṭs and Koṭīśa), 45. Kaikaya (in Eastern India—between the Brahmaputra and Kāmarūpa), 47. Saurasena (between Magadha and the Western Vindhya), 47. Kuru (to the east of Pāñcāla--between the Hastināpura region and Kurukṣetra), 48. Siṃhala (to the east of the Maru-deśa and the south of Kām-ādri), 49. Pulinda (to the east of Śīlahaṭṭa, near Kāmarūpa), 50. Kaccha (to the east of Gaṇeśvara and the north of the sea, possibly also called Sevana), 51. Matsya (to the north of Pulinda and the east of Kaccha), 52. Madra (between Virāṭa and Pāṇḍya), 53. Sauvīra (abutting on Saurasena and Kaṇṭhaka), 54. Lāṭa (abutting on Vidarbha and Avantī), 55. Varvara or Barbara (from Māyāpura to the Sapta-śṛṅga in the south), and 56. Saindhava (between the Laṅkā-pradeśa and Makkā or Mecca).84