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14 ) deserve notice. The Ait. Br. ( 38. 3 ) divides India into five divisions in the east, south, west and north ( the Uttara Kurus and Uttara Madras ) and in the centre ( Kuru-Pañcāla and Vaśa-Uśīnara ). India was divided into two parts, Dakṣiṇāpatha ( from the Narmadā southwards ) and Uttarāpatha at least some centuries before Christ, since the Hāthīgumphā Ins. ( E. I. vol. 20 at p. 79 ) mentions a great many kings of Uttarāpatha and the Mahābhāṣya refers to lakes in Dakṣiṇāpatha.¹⁷⁹ In the Brāhmaṇas frequent mention is made of the Kuru-Pañcālas ( Tai. Br. I. 8. 4), Uttarakuru, Uttara-madra, Kuru-Pañcālas, Vaśa-Uśīnaras ( in Ait. Br. 38. 3), Kuru-Pañcālas, Aṅga-Magadhas, Kāśi-Kośalas, Śālva-Matsyas, Vaśa-Uśīnaras in Gopatha II. 10 ( ed. by Gaastra ). The Gandhāras occur in Chāndogya Up. ( VI. 14. 1 ), Videha in Bṛ. Up. III. 1. 1, Madras in Bṛ. Up. III. 3. 1. In the Mahābhārata there are long lists of countries in various connections, which are more than 200 ( e. g. Sabhā 4. 21-32, 20. 26-30, Sabhā 25 ff, Sabhā 52. 13-19, 53. 5-9, Virāṭa 1. 12-13, Bhīṣma 9. 39-69, 50. 47-53, Droṇa 11. 15-18, 70. 11-13, Aśvamedhika 73-78, 83. 10 ff. ) The Baudhāyana-gṛhyaśeṣasūtra I. 17 prescribes a maṇḍala for the worship of the Sun and names nine countries in the eight directions and in the centre as representatives. The Purāṇas also contain long lists of countries e. g. Matsya 114. 34-56, Mārkaṇḍeya 57. 32-67 and chap. 58, Brāhma 17. 10-15 and 25. 25-39.