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GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES, PEOPLES AND TRIBES
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Kaidivavāsiņo=Kapidvipavāsinaḥ :-The people of the Kapidvīpa can be identified as the Kapidvīpavāsinaḥ.
Mahindatīrā :-The people occupying the coastal land along the Mahendra mountains should be the Mahendratíras. The Mahendra mountains are identified with the eastern Ghats (See supra).
Malayatīrā :-The people occupying the coast along the Malaya mountain are called Malayatīras. The Malaya mountains are the southern parts of the Western Ghats south of the river Kaveri (GD, p. 122) i.e. Kerala costal land (see Supra).
Siripavvayā=Śrīparvatiyas :-The Śrīparvatiyas are the historical people. They were the Ikşvākus of the south Āndhradeśa, whose capital was Vijayapura in the Nagarjunikonda hills. Sriparvata overhangs the river Krishna in the Kurnool district. The peeple of this region are called Sriparvatīyas (see supra).
Hanuruhā or the people of Hanuruhapura:-It is said to be a town reigned by the maternal uncle of Añjanasundarī, mother of Hanumat (17.121). When Añjanāsundari was exiled from her father-in-law's and father's houses, she left Mahendranagara and wandered in a forest, By chance her maternal uncle, Pratisürya saw her there and took her to Hanuruhanagara. Her son was brought up there and so was named Hanu (18.51). Hanu's other name was Srisaila. He became the ruler of Sripura. Hanumat was a Vánara. Sugriva also was a Vānara. All these facts indicate that these places lay near one another. Brahmacāri Sitalaprasādji regards Honavar situated at a distance of two miles from the bank of Jarasappa or Siravati in the north Kannara, as the Hanuruhadvīpa of the Jaina Rāmāyana of Pampa?. It lies in the vicinity of Vānaradvīpa of Sugrīva, therefore it can be identified with Hanuruhapura of the PCV. The people of this place were called as Hanuruhas in the PCV.
Keligilā= the Kelīkilas (PCR, 55. 29):- They should be Kilakilas. The Kilakilas or the Vindhyakas are held to be the ancestors of the Vākāțakas (EDAD, p. 39). It is held that under the Imperial Andhras there were five dynasties in their empire in the Dakṣiṇāpatha. The Puranas mention the duration and the succession of such dynasties that came down to the next Puranic epoch and the rise of the Kilakilas or the Vindhyakas (EDAD, p. 16). The DKA (p. 48) states that according to the Purānas, (Vākātaka) Vindhyasakti (225-275 A. D.) came into power after Kilakila kings (vide VGA, p. 89). Thus it is clear that Kilakilas
1. Bambaï Prānta ke Prācīna Jaina Smāraka, p. 139 (1925 ed.)
