21. A Note on the Jangala Desa. 
By Kumar Ganaananpa Srnna, M.A, 
Numerous references are found in the Epics to Jangala 
and to the people of Jangala (Jangalah). But it is yet to be 
Pan 
articles in the Nagari Pracharini Patrika (Vol. II, Part 3), 
entitled tisqata & faq ‘fra fart A srgia ara (Ancient names 
of the different parts of Rajputana), contends that this name 
was applied to the modern Bikanir State and the northern 
part of Marwar, including Nagour and other Pergannas, But 
T am afraid that his contentions do not bear scrutiny. 
Let us first examine what the word ‘‘ Madreya-Jangalah ” 
means. There can be no two opinions as to the fact that it 
means the people of Jangala belonging to Madra. The Madra 
country had its capital at Sakala, which is admitted by scholars 
to be the same as modern Sealkot (in North Punjab). Now i 
we agree with the learned Pandit and take Jangala to mean 
Madra who occupied a country far towards the north. As 
a matter of fact they were so wide apart that they cannot 
have a contiguous countries 
milarly a careful study of the Epics will show it beyond 
double that “Jangala” in ‘‘ Kuru-Jangalah”’ would never 
have been the Bikanir and Marwar States. 
Describing the route from Ayodhya to Kekaya (beyond 
the Beas) the following verse (13) of the Ramayana occurring 
in the Ayodhya Kanda, Chap. 68, seeks to locate the Kuru- 
Jangala country. 
oe Hastindpuge GaNGAM TIRTVA PRATYANGMUKRA 
AYUH 
Piwtomita DESAMASADYA MADHYENA KURUJANGALAM. 
(Trans.—They went westward after having crossed the 
Ganges at Hastinapura and after having passed through 
(literally—reached) Panchala Desa, and Kuru-Jangala in the 
middle.) 
The Kuru-Jangala country must — have been be- 
tween the Panchala Desa and the Gan 
Again, the following references to the Mahabharata none 
takably show that the Kuru-Jangala country formed a 
of the Kuru kingdom. 
