346 AN ESSAY ON THE 



Sind'hu-CaJaca, Kahhtaca, Siirasht'ra, Badara^ 

 Dravida. These are^m the g;reat sea, or near the 

 great sea, Maiiimdn, Meghvdn, Vatiogha, Cshurar- 

 pana, Astagirj, Apara'ntica, at the end of the 

 West, Sdnat'iv.a, pcrliaps S'uitica, Huihaya the Ftr- 

 sians, Frasasiddr'i^ Uccdtm, Panchanada, or Pan- 

 jab, Rdmatd, Pdrata, Tdracshica, Jringa, Vais'ya, 

 Canaca^ ^Saca, Nirmariiddamkchlias. These ^ire 

 impure tribes living on the borders. In the North- 

 West, Mandavya, Tushdra, Tdla^ Hala, Madra^ 

 As'maco, Calii, Idlaha, (Strirajah) or Amazones, 

 JSfrmnhavafW, C hast a, Vtnumati, Phala guinea^ 

 Aguriiiia, Maruha, Turuca, Charmaranga, Ecavilo- 

 chana, (one-eyed,) Sulkcij Dhghagriva, or with 

 long necks. 



To the North is Caildsa, Himavdn, Vasumdngiri, 

 jyhanushmdn, Crauncha Mem, Uttara-Curu with 

 the epithet of Cshudramhia, or North Cum under 

 the lesser Fish, or the lesser B^ar, 



Caicaya Cahul, Vasdii, or Ydmuna, Bfwgaprasta 

 or Hardivar, Arjundyana, Agnidltra, Adars'a, All- 

 taradwipi, the I)oab between the Ganges and the 

 Jumna, Tngartta, Tahora, Turagdma or As'va- 

 mucha, Ces'ad'hara, Chipitndska, Ddseraca, Vd- 

 tad'hdna, \Sarad'hdna, Tacsha-s'ila in the Vfihat- 

 cathd, (these are called Tacshlla, the Taaila of the 

 Greeks, and tlie ruins of which are to be seen be- 

 tween the Vetastd and Indu^,) Pushcaldvata, Cai- 

 ndtaca, Cant'ad'hdna, Ambara, Madraca, Mdlava, 

 Paulava, Cach'ha, Daii'da, Phigalaca, Mdn'ahala, 

 (now Manhdl in the mountams to the North of 

 the Panjdb,) Huna, (the Hunnoi of Cosmas,) Co- 

 hala, Sdtaca, Mdn'davya, Bhutapiira, Gandhara, 

 Yas'ovati, Hematdla, Rdjanya, Cachara, Gavya^ 

 Yaud'heyuj Sameya, 'Sydmaca, Cshemad'hurtta. 



