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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAM
Aiccăhaṁ (94.4); Gandharva; Gandhārapura; Jakkhapura; Jyotipura; Tilakapura; Naragitapura; Malayapura; Meghapura; Ravibhūsapura; Laksmidharapura; Siripahurava; Sirimandira; Siriguha; Siricchāya; Sirivijaya; sivamandira.
The grand sons of Vidyadhara Meghavāhana are said to have established the following (Pattanavaraiṁ bahusannivesair) town. settlements, called as dvīpas for themselves (5.246-248) :
Ardhasvarga, Āvarta, Utkata, Kanaka, Tavaņāyavali, Toyavalisa (6.32) (Tata, Toya, Avali-PCR, 5.373), Durgraha, Dhanya (Yodha or Ayodhana 10.15 ; 48.54), Manaprahlāda. Manohara, Megha, Ratna, Vikața, Samudra (Udadhi 48.54), Suvela, Sandhyā. kāra, Harija (Hari) and Hainsadvipa. Amala, Alanghya, Kantā, Kśema, Nabha, Bhānu and Rodhana are also mentioned as the Raksasa settlements (6.31-33).
The following rivers and hills are unidentified:
Harnsāvali (13.41); Karnaparvata (6.218); Kambusaila (45.32); Niguñja (82.105); Pancasangamaya (5.21); Puşpagiri (46.66); Manikānta (9.21); Mahugiri (6.208); Meghavara (8.29); Rathāvarta (13.42); Vasantagiri (21.46); Velandhara (54.39); Sandhyāgiri (18.44); & Suradundubhigiri (108.22).
A general estimate of the above account indicates that the PCV refers to not less than 400 geographical places and tribes. They can be classified approximately as follows-Countries and tribes 100, Islands 50, Towns 150, Mountains 50, Rivers 20 and the rest as seas. lakes, forests etc. Out of them 100 are mythological distinctively while nearly 175 have been identified and the rest of them remain unlocated.
SECTION 6. ANARYAS OR MLECCHAS.
The PCV mentions sometimes such peoples who are distinct from the Aryan, and are called Mlecchas or Anāryas. In connection with the war.campaign of Lavana and Ankuśa, the PCV states in general that they conquered many countries of which some were Aryan and some were non-Aryan, but they have not been specifically distinguished (desā ariyaaņāriyā 98,63). On the occasion of the attack of king Ativīrya of Nandyāvartapura on Bharata, it is said in the PCV (37.5) that the former had his allies in the rulers of many non-Aryan countries. Here also the specific differentiation is not made between the Aryan and the non-Aryan countries. It is on the occasion of the attack of some barbarous
