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to his commands. Them, also, and other Nirvindhya, a river; misc, ref., xvi. 9. Kshattriya races, he deprived of the esta- Nishada, a people in the south-east division, blished usages of oblations to fire and the xiv. 10; misc. ref. v. 76. Kern translates, study of the Vedas; and, thus separated in xiv. 10, Nishada-ráshtrám, by " the terrifrom religious rites, and abandoned by the tory of the Aborigines;" and in v. 76, Nisha - Brahmans, these different tribes became da-sangháh, by " the savage tribes." The Mlécbchhas." The Mlêchchhas are men- Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman mentioned in the Junagadh inscription of Skan- tions the Nishada people or country (Inil, dagupta (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 62).
Ant. Vol. VII. p. 262). mountain of sunrise (udaya-giri), in the eastern nomads (pasu-pála), in the north-east division,
division, xiv. 7; misc, ref., xxviii. 3; - xiv. 29. mountain of sunset (asta-giri), in the western noses; flat-nosed people (chipița-násika) in the clirision, xiv. 20.
northern division, siv. 26. Halika, a people in the north-west division, nşisinha-vana, "the forest of the man-lions,' in
xir. 23; but perhaps the correct reading is the north-west division, xiv. 22.
Sülika. See also “Maulika,' Muñja (v. I. Puñja), a mountain in the north-oceans; the ocean (samudra) in the eastern
cast division, xiv. 31. Albêrûni gives the division, i.e. the Bay of Bengal, xiv. 6; - the name as "Puñjadri."
ocean of milk (kshit-oda) in the eastern diviMuro kuchcha, a people; see Marukuchcha. sion, xiv. 6; the southern ocean (yámy
#dadhi) in the southern division, xiv, 15; -- Naimisha, a people; the king of the Naimishas the great ocean (mah-árņava) in the south(Naimisha-nripa), misc. ref., xi. 60.
west division, i. e. the Indian Ocean, xiv. 19; adlikéradvipa, the island of cocoanuts, in the - the eastern ocean (purva-ságara), misc. south-east division, xiv. 9.
ref., v. 65; - the ocean mentioned as the wirimukha, a people with the faces of women, gone or girdle of the earth, xliii. 32. For in the south-west division, xiv. 17.
some other interesting references, see the Narmada, the river Nerbudda ;' misc. ref., index of Gupta Inscriptions.
1. 64; xvi. 1, 9. See also Rêvâ.' The name Odra, or Audra, a country, the modern Orissa, Narmada occurs in the Eran inscription of and the people of it; misc, ref., v. 74. See
Budhagupta (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 90). also 'Udra.' Nasikya, a town or country, in the southern
division, xiv. 13; unisc. ref., perhaps an Padma, & mountain in the eastern division, interpolation, xvi. 12. It is the modern xiv. 5. Násik. The form Násika' appears to be Pahlava, a people in the south-west division, established by inscriptions at Bedsa and at xiv. 17; misc ref., v. 38; xvi. 38; xviii. 6. Nasik itself (Archeol. Surv. West. Ind. See also under . Mlêchchha.' The Pahlavas Vol. IV. pp. 89, 98).
are mentioned in one of the Násik inscripwashtordjya, the kingdom of the dead, in the tions (Archeol. Surp. West. Ind. Vol. IV.
north-east division, xiv. 29. But see ander p. 109. And a Pahlava minister of Radra. Mêruka.'
dâman is mentioned in the Junagadh innecks; great-necked people (mahd-griva) in scription (Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 263).
the south east division, xiv. 9; snake-necked palla, the marshes or swamps, in the northpeople (vyálu-griva) in the south-east divi- east division, xiv. 30. Below his translation, sion, xiv. 9; long-necked people (dirgha- Kern remarks that "palila must be the gris) in the north-west division, xiy. 23. vulgar pronunciation for the Skr. paloala, Also see throats.
swamp, marsh.' The modern name is Terai, Vépåla, a country, and the people of it; misc. the eastern part of which, near Kuch-Behår, ref., iv. 22; v. 65. It is the modern Nepal. seems to be meant by palóla in our list." The name occurs in the Allahâbâd inscription Pañchâla, a people in the middle country, xiv.
of Samudragupta (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 14). 3; misc, ref., iv, 22; v. 35, 38, 41; ix. 29, Nipa a people in the middle country, xiv. 2. 34; . 4, 13; xiv. 32.
