Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s6.5

c7.s6.5

II. Dakṣiṇāpatha lying beyond (i.e. to the south of) Māhiṣmatī: 1. janapadas—Mahārāṣṭra, Māhiṣaka (or Māhiṣmaka), Aśmaka, Vidarbha (or Vaidarbha), Kuntala, Krathakaiśika, Sūrpāraka, Kāñcī, Kerala, Kāvera, Murala (the Muralā valley), Vanavāsaka, Siṃhala, Coḍa (or Cauḍa), Daṇḍaka, Pāṇḍya, Pallava, Gaṅga, Nāsikya, Kauṅkaṇa, Kolla-giri, Vallara (or Vellara, Vallāra, modern Bellary); 2. mountains—Vindhya-dakṣiṇāpāda, Mahendra, Malaya, Mekala, Pālamañjara, Sahya, Śrīparvata, etc. ; 3. rivers—Narmadā, Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, Godāvarī, Kāverī, Bhaimarathī, Veṇvā, Kṛṣṇaveṇā, Vañjurā, Tuṅgabhadrā, Tāmraparṇī, Utpalāvatī, Rāvaṇagaṅgā, etc. Sūrpāraka, etc., to the south of the Narmadā have been located in the South and not in the West.