Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.34

c8.34

| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 108 | Damila | A kingdom ; very near to it was an island named Kāradīpa ; its chief port was Kāvirapaṭṭaṇa. | IV, 238. | It is the Limurike of Ptolemy which, according to Dr. Caldwell, was a mistake for Damir-ike (See McCrindle's *Ptolemy*, p. 49) 'ike' in Tamil meaning country. It is identified with Kerala or the Malabar coast. De, *G. D.*, p. 52. |
| 109 | Dasaṇḍa | A kingdom ; it was famous for sharp-edged swords (*tikkhiṇadhāraṃ asiṃ*). | III, 338-G. 39 ; VI, 238-G. 1065. | The '*Periplus*' mentions Dosarene as famous for Ivory (Scoff. *Periplus*, pp. 47, 253) Nonnos mentions the "serried ranks of the Dosareans"; McCrindle, *Ancient India as described in Classical Literature*, p. 198 ; the country is and accepts its location as given by Mr. Rāmdās : *Pre-Aryan and Pre-Dravidian in Ind.* 163, *ff.* 171. The place must be near the Chilka lake and the old route from Māluḍ : *J. B. O. R. S.*, XXI, pp. 137-8. |