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Statas and territorial divisions
157 called Marukaccha alsot. According to Cunningham, Koțīśvara was the kingdom of Kaccha.
Kāść (V.35). Abhayatilakagaại has explained the situation of Kāśī as across the Ganges. In the opinion of N.L. Dey, Käśī was properly the name of the country of which Benaras was the capitals.
In the twelfth century, Benaras was wrested from the Pāla kings by Candradeva (1072-1092) and annexed to the kingdom of Kannauj. Towards the close of the twelfth century it was conqured by Mobammad Gaurio.
Gauda (Ku.VI.78). The Bengal was called the Gaudadeśa.
Kāšmira (XII.88). Only the name Kāśmira occurs in the Dvyāśrayakāvya.
Kuntala (VIII.35). At the time of the Caulukyas, Kuntaladeśa was bounded on the north by the Narmadā; on the south by the Tungabhadrā; on the west by the Arabian sea and on the east by the Godāvari and the Eastern Ghats. Its capital was Nasik and Kalyan at different periods. Kuntala was also called Karņāța”.
Kuru: Hemacandra has mentioned two Kuru territories viz. Kuru-deśa (VIII.46) and Kuru Jāngala (XX.44). Perhaps, Kurudeśa was modern Yamunanagar and Luksar area between the Yamunā and the Gangā. Kuru-Jāvgala was a forest co unuy siluated in Sirbind, north-west of Hastināpura. It
1. Dey, N.L. op. cit., p.82. 2. Cunningham, Ancient geography of India, Varanasi, 1963 p. 255. 3. Dey, N.L. op. cit., p.95. 4. ibid., p.24. 5. ibid, p.109.
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