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TILAKAMANJARI OF DHANAPĀLA
mentioned by Kalidāsa in his Raghuvamsa (IV 54. p. 111.), where women cast off their ornaments on hearing of the approach of Raghu's forces. This country was anciently called Ceralam or Cerala nãḍu. Ceralam means mountain range. The Kerala country is the same as Cera. The Kerala generally means the rugged region of the western Ghats, south of the Candragiri river. It was conquered by Rajendracoḍa. It is present Malabar, Cochin and Travancore.'
Sindhu
The river Sindhu or the Indus almost synchronises with the territory lying between the regions of its courses. The river passing through Attock, flows almost due south parallel to the Sulaiman Hills. Indus above its junction with Chenab was called Sindhu. According to Dr. Law Sindhu lent its name to the country through which is flowed.2
Karṇāṭa
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This country figures prominently in the Tamil Classics. It is also mentioned in the Bhāgavata Purāņa (V. 6. 7.). It has been described as a vast country (Dharamaṇḍala). It is occupied by the Kanarese speaking people. The kings of Karnata were nominally dependent on the Kings of Vijayanagara.3
Kāñcīmaṇḍala
Kāñcīmaṇḍala is the same as 'Dravidamandala' which lay south of Andhra. In its wider conception it included, in the North, Andhra and in the South, Cola or Sibi and Pandya, besides the Dravida (or Dramila) proper. Andhra is the land between Godavari and Kṛṣṇā rivers to the east of Munār river, with its capital at Andhanagara, probably the old town of Vengi. Dravidamandala was ruled over by the Pallavas, which spread as far as vegavati (Palar) river in the South, with its capital Kāñcīpura, modern Kanjeevaram, the seat of the Pallavas on its bank.4
Kāmarupamaṇḍala; Prägjyotişa
Pragjyotiṣa according to Dr. Law included not only the Kamarūpa country but also a considerable portion of North Bengal and Probably also of North Bihar. It stood on the river Lauhitya or Brahmaputra according to Kālidāsa (Raghuvamsa IV. 81, 83, 84 and VII.17.) Kamarupa, Prāgjyotis
1. HGAI p. 195.
2. Ibid. p. 150.
3. Ibid. p. 191.
4. KSN p. 120.
