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difficult of performance by the princes of the whole of Bhārata varsa.' The princesses introduced by Pavanagati to Vicitravīrya come to attend the Yātrotsava were the daughters of the overlord of the Mandalas inhabiting the middle portion and the southern half of the Bhāratavarsa or inhabiting the middle, the half and the southern regions of the Bhāratakşetra. The town named Ayodhyā, the chief among all the towns, the lineal capital of the kings of Ikşvāku race such as Raghu, Dilīpa, Dasaratha etc. has been called the Crest ornament of the whole of Bhāratavarşa. Harivāhana has again been called the first son of Meghavāhana, the king of command fit to be obeyed even by the sire of (Malayasundarī), the enjoyer of the earth of the entire Bhāratavarsa." All these go to demarcate the boundaries of the whole of Bhāratavarşa lying under the sceptre of Meghavāhana who held sway over the entire Northern and the Southern ranges. 'Bhāratavars ārdabhūbhuj' creates a confusion. 'Sakalasyāpi' may be construed as the Bhāratavarsa accompanied by her digits or the component parts. 'Asesa' and ‘niśćeşa' may be hyperbolic suffixes. But a close study of the whole of Tilakamañjarī makes it clear that a Dharamavijayī or a Righteous conqueror as Meghavāhana was, he had first uprooted and then reinstated during the course of his digvijaya, the kings of the southern, northern, central and even eastern regions (kāmarūpa, Anga, Kalinga etc.) and certainly held sway over almost whole of the Land of Bharata, which had the Northern and Southern parts for her chief sub division which according to Dr. D. K. Gupta was called Āryavartta in the times of Kālidāsa as well as Dandin. Dhanapāla has not mentioned Aryavartta specifically. He has, however, mentioned Airāvarta along with Bhārata at two places in the later portions of the old text which compared with certain portions of the newly constructed text having a commentary, shows many contradictions consequent upon scribal errors. This Airāvatta mandala of Dr. B. C. Law is recognised as belonging to the Southern and Eastern India and believed to have been included in the Patodāvisaya and identified with Ratāgarh in the Bārki Police Station of the Cuttack district. In case this be a scribal error for Aryāvastta, we may presume its mention as such which included the northern half and Daks ināpatha, the Southern half, the line of demarcation being drawn by
1. TM Vol. III p. 14. 2. RESITUTE E heusaff HUSCHHICH GIT:- TM Vol. III p. 187. 3. सकलस्यापि भारतवर्षस्य चूडालंकारभूता गोत्रराजधानी रघुदिलीपदशरथप्रभृतीनां
TYHITETETT VETA TRETM Vol. 1. p. 94. 4. TM Sm. ed. 356. 5. KSN p. 115. 6. HGAI pp. 164, 242.
