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## Kadipurana
**Malava:** This is the name of Malwa. Earlier, Avanti was known by another name and was included in this, but now it is included in Malava. Ujjain, Dashpur (Mandsaur), Dharanagari (Dhar), Indrapur (Indore) etc. are its famous cities.
**Panchal:** This is east of Kurukshetra. It was divided into two parts: Dakshin Panchal and Uttar Panchal. Its extent was up to the Charmanvati river. Kanyakubj (Kannauj) is in this. Ahichchhatra was the capital of Uttar Panchal and Kampilya was the capital of Dakshin Panchal.
**Dasharna:** This region is the eastern part of Malwa. The Vetravati (Betasha) river flows in this region. In some places, the Dasharna (Dhasan) river also flows and finally merges into the Vetravati. Vidisha (Bhilsa) was its capital.
**Kachchh:** The region on the western coast was called Kachchh. It is still known as Kachchh Kathiawar.
**Magadh:** The southern part of the Ganga in the Bihar province was called Magadh. Its capital was Pataliputra (Patna). Gaya and Uruvilva (Buddhagaya) were in this province.
**Vidarbha:** Its modern name is Berar. Its ancient capital was Vidarbhapur (Bidar) or Kundinpur.
**Maharashtra:** The vast plain from the Krishna river to the Narmada was called Maharashtra.
**Saurashtra:** The western region of Malava was called Saurashtra or Surashtr. Nowadays, it is called Saurashtra (Kathiawar). The Raivatak (Girnar) region is in this. The part of Saurashtra where Dwarka is located was called Banart.
**Konkan:** This region on the western coast extends from Suryapatan (Surat) to Ratnagiri. Mahamba Pur (Mumbai) and Kalyan are in this Konkan region.
**Vanavasa:** A part of the Karnataka province was called Vanavasa. Now it is called Banausi. During the time of Gunabhadracharya, its capital was Banka Pur, which is in the Dharwad district.
**Andhra:** This was between the Godavari and Krishna rivers. Its capital was Andhranagar (Bengali). Most of it is included in the Bhagyapur (Hyderabad) state. It is also called Ling (Telang) country.
**Karnat:** This was the southern or western part of Andhradesh. Vanavasa and Mahisha or Mahi Pur (Mysore) are included in this. Its capitals were Mahishapur and Srirangapatna.
**Kosala:** This was divided into two parts: Uttar Kosala and Dakshin Kosala. Ayodhya, Sharavati (Shravasti), Lakshmanpuri (Lucknow) etc. are its famous cities. The Gomati, Tamasa and Sarayu rivers flow here. The nearby region of Kushavati was called Dakshin Kosala. And the region near Ayodhya, Lucknow etc. was called Uttar Kosala.
**Chola:** The southeastern part of Karnataka, i.e. Madras city, some of the regions north of it and a large part of the Mysore state were previously known as Chola.
**Kerala:** The land south of Krishna and Tungabhadra, which is now included in Kerala, was known as Pandya Kerala and Satiputra.