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APPENDIX E. KINGDOMS, PEOPLES AND DYNASTIES OF Trans-VINDHYAN
INDIA CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED.
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Brāhmaṇa Period :-1. Nishadhas (capital Giriprastha, Mbh., III,
324. 12). 2. Vidarbhas (capital Kundina ) and other
Bhojas. .
3. Dasyu tribes-Andhras, Sabaras, Pulin
das and Mūtibas. Sūtra Period :-1. Māhishmati (Māndhätā or Maheśvara, IA, 4,
346). 2. Bhrigu-Kachchha (Broach). 3. Surpāraka (Sopara in the Konkan). 4. Asmaka (capital Paudanya, Bodhan). 5. Mülaka (capital Pratishthāna). 6. Kalinga (capital Dantapura).
7. (?) Ukkala (N. Orissa). Rāmāyaṇic Period :- Aryan Expansion south of the Godāvari
settlement on the Pampā-exploration
of Malaya, Mahendra and Lankā. Maurya Period :- 1. Aparāntas proper (capital Sürpāraka)
2. Bhojas (capital Kundina ?). 3. Rāshțrikas (càpital Nāsik ?). 4. Petenikas (of Pratishthāna ?).
5. Pulindas (capital Pulinda-nagara). Maurya Empire. 6. Andhras (capital Bezvāda etc. ?).
7. Atayi. 8. Kalingas (including Tosali and
Samāpā). 9. Viceroyalty of Suvaryagiri. 10. Ahāra of Isila. 11. Cholas. 12. Pāṇdyas. 13. Keralaputra. 14. Satiyaputra (Satyabhūmi of
Keralolpatti ?). 15. Tāmraparpi (Ceylon).