Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions v2.c19.18

v2.c19.18

The points referred to in these passages are further illustrated by the following lines from the Mahābhārata, ii. 1169, ff. : *Tataḥ S'ūrpārakaṁ chaiva Tālākaṭam athāpi cha | vaśe chakre mahātejāḥ Daṇḍakāṁś cha mahābalaḥ |* 1170 | *Sāgara-dvīpa-vāsāṁś cha nṛipatīn Mlechha-yoni-jān | Nishādān purushādāṁś cha Karṇaprāvaraṇān api |* 1171 | *Ye cha Kālamukhāḥ nāma nara-rākshasa-yonayaḥ | kṛitsnaṁ Koligiriṁ chaiva Surabhīpattanaṁ tathā | . . . .* 1173 | *Ekapādāṁś cha purushān Kerakān vana-vāsinah | nagarīṁ Sanjayantīṁ cha pāshaṇḍaṁ Karahāṭakam |* 1175 | *Dūtair eva vase chakre-|* 1176 | *Tataḥ kachchha-gato dhīmān dūtān Mādravatī-sutaḥ |* 1177 | *Preshayāmāsa rājendra Paulastyāya mahātmane | Vibhīshaṇāya dharmātmā prīti-pūrvaṁ arindama |* 1178 | *S'a chāsya pratijagrāha śāsanam prīti-pūrvakam |* "1169. Then the glorious and mighty warrior reduced to subjection S'ūrpāraka, Tālākaṭa, the Daṇḍakas, (1170) the kings of Mlechha race, who inhabited the islands of the ocean, the Nishādas, the men-eaters, the Karṇaprāvaraṇas, [men whose ears served them for coverings], (1171) the Kālamukhas sprung from men and Rākshasas, the whole of Kolagiri and Surabhīpattana . . . . 1173. He then by his heralds subjected the Kerakas, one-footed men living in forests, the city Sanjayantī, and the wicked Karahāṭaka . . . 1176. Then the wise and righteous son of Mādravatī, arrived in the low-lying tract, sent messengers amicably to the great son of Pulastya, Vibhīshaṇa, who received his commands in the same spirit.” In verse 1837, the “man-eating Romakas,” and in v. 1875, the Karṇaprāvaraṇas, are again mentioned.