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EARLY KINGDOMS OF SOUTHERN INDIA 637
Early Post-Maurya Period :-1. Kingdom of Vidarbha..
2. Šātavāhanas of Dakshiņāpatha. 3. Chetas of Kalinga. 4. Kingdom of Pithuda near
Masulipatam. , , Chola.
., Pāņdya. ,, Kerala.. ,,Ceylon (sometimes ruled by Chola
princes).
Age of the Periplus :-1. Ariake under Mambarus (or Nam
banus ?). 2. Dachinabades under Saraganus and his
successors (i.e., the Deccan under the
Sātavāhana-Satakarnis). 3. Damirica (Tamilakam, Dravida) includ
ing: - (a) Cerobothra (Keralaputra). (6) The Pandian Kingdom. (c) (Kingdom of) Argaru
(=Uragapura). 4. Masalia (Masulipatam). 5. Dosarene (=Tosalī).
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Age of Ptolemy :-1. Kingdom of Baithana (Pratishthāna) ruled
by Pulumāyi (sātavāhana). 2. Kingdom of Hippokoura (Kolhapur).
ryled-by Baleokouros (Vilivāyakura). 3. Kingdom of Mousopalle (in the Kanarese
Country). e , Karoura ruled by
Kerobothros (Keralaputra). 5. Pounnata (S. W. Mysore). 6. Kingdom of the Aïoi (capital Kottiara in
S. Travancore). 7. Kingdom of the Kareoi (Tāmraparội
Valley). 8. Kingdom of Modoura (Madurā) ruled by
'Pandion' (Pāņdya).
