318 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 1914. 



Korantedi 



norm or korantedi in the district of Balia on the opposite 

 side of Buxar across the Ganges, and Buxar is the reputed 

 hermitage Rsi Visvamitra. Karon contains a temple of Maha- 

 deva called Kamesvaranath and also Kaulesvaranath. Two 

 facts may be deduced from this story : 1st, that at the time 

 of the Ramayana the river Saraju joined the Ganges in front 

 of Buxar in the district of Shahabad, whereas the former 

 has now receded to the east and joins the Ganges near Singhi, 

 eight miles to the east of Chapra in the district of Saran; 2nd, 

 that the northern portion of the country of Magadha along 

 the southern bank of the Ganges was then included in the 

 country of Aiiga. 



The Mahabharata and the Puranas, however, do not admit 

 the derivation of the name of Anga as given in the Ramayana. 

 lhey mention that Bali, one of the descendants of Yaykti 

 through his son Anu, had five Jcsetraja sons Anga, Bahga, 

 Kahnga, Sumha and Pundra, who" founded five kingdoms in 

 the east after their respective names.' Thus Anga founded the 

 kingdom of Anga and his descendants reigned over It. Hiuen 

 Tsiang also, while he visited the country of Campa (^wjT or 

 Anga), confirms this Pauranic tradition and speaks of a Devi 

 having given birth to four sons who divided among themselves 

 the government of Jambudvlpa, and each founded a capital, 

 built towns and marked out the limits of the frontiers. He fur- 

 ther says, " this (town of Champa) was the capital of the country 

 ot one of them and the first of all the cities of Jambudvlpa". 2 



tified 



Its identification. Monghir, and a portion of the district 



. of Santal Parganas. Its limits, how- 



ever, varied at different periods. According to Sir George 

 airdwood Aiiga included also the districts of Birbhum, 

 Murshidabad, and Manbhum. Its northern boundary has 

 always been the Ganges, though its extent was not always 



the samfl. 



According to the Saktisamgama Tantra, Anga extended 

 trom Baidyanatha to Bhuvanesa,* which latter has been identi- 

 fied with Bhuvaneswara in Orissa.* The limits thus assigned 

 to tne country are imperfect and misleading. If Baidyanatha 

 oe the northern limit, then it has the effect of excluding 

 ^ampa winch, according to all accounts, Hindu, Jaina and 



Mahabh 



MatLnr-u a ',o Ad l Par ™> ch - 1U4 ; Vianu Pu r5n, pt. iv, ch. 18 

 MatayoPuran ch. 48 ; Bhagavata, Bk. ix, ch.* 23. 



s ? 6 L- : Record9 °f Western Countries, Bk. x,-Chenpo. 

 8 baktisamgama Tantra, ch. vii :— 



t^sruj ^*?tt«i ¥*3«rrwni fart i 



* BiSvakom, s. v. Afiga. 



