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durga (Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 114; for "of the great river Mahî and of the Rêvâ," read "of (the rivers) Mahi, Mahanadi, and Rêvâ"). mahagriva, 'great-necked people,' in the southeast division, xiv. 9.
Maharashtra, the Maharashtra countries, or the people of them (the word occurs in the nom. pl., maharashtrah); misc. ref., x. 8. According to the Aihole inscription, which speaks of three divisions of the country, each called Mahârâshtraka, in the seventh century A. D. the country included, or was traditionally held to include, ninety-nine thousand villages (Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 244). mahúrnava, the great ocean,' in the southwest division, i.e. the Indian Ocean, xiv. 19. See also 'ocean' and 'islands.'
mahatavi, the great forest,' in the southern division, xiv. 13. See also 'forests.' Mahendra, a mountain in the southern division, xiv. 11; misc. ref., xvi. 10. The reference is probably to the Mahendra mountain in the Gañjâm District, among the Eastern Ghants, which is mentioned in the records of the Gangas of Kalinganagara (Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII. pp. 121, 123; Vol. XVIII. pp. 145, 164, 170, 175). But there may have been also a mountain of the same name in the Western Ghauts (Archæol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 109; Gupta Inscriptions, pp. 146 and note 1, 148; see also p. 7, note 2).
Mahi, a river; misc. ref., xvi. 32. It is mentioned in the Sâmângad grant of Dantidurga (Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 114). Mahisha, a country; misc. ref., ix. 10. It has been considered to be the modern Mysore. See also Mahishaka.'
Mahishaka, the people of Mahisha, q. v.; misc. ref., xvii. 26. There may perhaps also be the form Mahishaka;' see under Matrishika.'
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Makara, a people in the south-west division,
xiv. 18.
Malati, a river, misc. ref., xvi. 10. Mâlava, a country, and the people of it, in the northern division, xiv. 27; misc. ref., iv. 24; xvi. 26; xxxii. 19; lxix. 11. The Mâlavas are mentioned among the tribes subjugated by Samudragupta (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 14). Varâhamihira places them too
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much to the north; as they are undoubtedly the people of Malwa, from whom (see Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 404) the Vikrama era derived its original appellation. Malaya, a mountain in the southern division, xiv. 11; misc. ref., xvi. 10; xxvii. 2. It is mentioned in one of the Nâsik inscriptions (Archaeol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 109). Mâlindya, a mountain in the southern division, xiv. 11.
Malla, a people, unless the word simply denotes 'wrestlers or boxers;' misc. ref., v. 38, 41. To his translation of v. 38, where he gives "Mallas" as a people, Kern adds the note
"the Scholiast takes mallán here as an appellative noun, báhuyuddha-iñán, 'boxers.' In v. 41 he translates malla by 'boxers,' and adds the note "or, 'the Mallas;' may be the expression applies both to these and to boxers."
Malyavat, a mountain in the eastern division, xiv. 5. Mânahala, a people in the northern division, xiv. 27. Mandâkinî, the river Ganges, or an arm of it, misc. ref., xvi. 10. The name occurs in the Alina grant of Silâditya VII. (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 184).
Mânḍavya, a people in the middle country, xiv. 2; and in the north-west division, xiv. 22; and in the north, xiv. 27. Manimat, a mountain in the western division, xiv. 20.
mariners (vári-chara), a people in the southern division, xiv. 14. Below his translation Kern suggests that "these may be the Pirates of Greek sources."
marshes or swamps (palôla), in the north-east division, xiv. 30.
Marttikâvata, a people; misc. ref., xvi. 26. Maru, a region in the middle country, xiv. 2;
misc. ref., v. 68; xvi. 38. It is the modern Mârwâḍ. The Junagadh inscription of Rudradâman seems to mention the desert of Mara (Maru-dhanvan; Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 260, line 8, and Archeol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. II. p. 129). Maruchipattana, a city in the southern division, xiv. 15. Below his translation Kern gives the note "Marachi, or Muracbi, Marichi, seems to be the Muziris (transposed from Murizis) of the Greeks)."
