342 AN ESSAY ON THE 



Fatsa, Cisrhhtcfy Ciilya, Ciintala, Cds'icos'ala or 

 Bejiares, Til'mga, MagacVha, Vrica: these are i?i 

 Mad'hyadesa or middle of India, 



In the North of the Sahya mountains rises the 

 Godccoeri : on tiie banks of the Onshna, are exten- 

 sive and famous districts : there is the mountain 

 Govadd'hana, madebylNORA; through Ra'ma's 

 ip\tdiS\xxt it h Swej^ga, or heaven. There Biiarad- 

 wa'ja built a town, with gardens and pools. Vdh- 

 lica Balk, X'^atadhana, Abhira or Pallis, in Ca?i' 

 deish ; Ccilatoyaca, Aparita, Sudra, Pafmava. Char-- 

 ma-chandaca, probably the CharmcB of Pliny, 

 Cambqja, Ctij or Cqj, Roh-Cqj or A7'ackosia, Da- 

 rada Dard(2 Dawurd, Barbara or Varvara Priya- 

 laucica, Pina, Tiishura, or snowy country. Bahya- 

 todara ; there live the descendants of Atri and 

 Bharadwa'ja; Prasfhala, Cas'eruca, Lampdcas- 

 fhdnaca, those who live near the sthdn of Lampaca 

 or Lamech, now Lamgan ; Pidica, Juhuda, Apaga, 

 Alimadj^a, there live Cirdtas, or shepherds ; Tomara^ 

 Hansamdrga, Cds'mira, Tdngana, ChuUca, Bdhuca 

 in the Vayu Purdii'a, ^A'huca, Piirria-darva. 



To the East are the And'hravdca, Siijaraca, An- 

 taragiri within the hills, Bdhirgiri without the 

 hills, Plavangava, Angeya Malada, or Mdlda, Md- 

 lavarti, Brahmottara, Pravijaya, Bh'drgavdngeya, 

 Art^haca, Pragjyotisha, now Gohati, in Assam, 

 Mun'da, Videha the country of the famous Janaca : 

 Tamraliptica or Tamlook, Mdla, the Malli and 

 Tnouwt Mallus oiVhi^Y, toward the Otf??/w, now 

 Mal-bhMom in Midnapoor, Magadlia, or South Ba- 

 har, Govind'ha. Toward the South is Pdn'dya, 

 the country of Panuion, Cerala, Cerala-dcs'a, 

 Ch tilya or Chola Coromandala, Culya Setuca, Mil- 

 shica. Cumdna, Mahd-Rasht'ras Mahd-rattas, Md- 

 hishica, Colinga, Aohira, or Pallis, Faishica, A'ta- 



