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Anaimalai, Palni and Cardemom and Malabar Hills;' Orissa to Madurai in the south including the eastern Ghāts and the range extending from North Circulars to Gondwana, a part of the range in the Gañjam district also (Mahendra). This means that the Kāñcī mandala comprised of the regions of Eastern and Western Ghāt including Travancore Cochin, Nīlgiris (modern Ootacommand), Malabar State, Orissa, the district of Madurā, Northern Circulars, Gondwana, Gañjam etc. It was close to Kundinapura, modern Kundanpur about 64 kms. of Amraoti in Vidharbha (modern Berar and ancient Nişadha). Kusumasekhara has also been called the lord of the Dakasiņāpatha, the overlord of the Dravida mandala. This means that Dravida mandala and Daksinäpatha or Dāksiņātya were the same representing the major division of the kingdom of Meghavāhana. And Kāñci mandala forming a subsidy to the Dravida mandala or Dakşiņāpatha or Dāks iņātya was well within the range of the supremacy of Meghavāhana and Harivāhana.
It comprised of the Janapadas of Vidarbha, Aparānta, Dravida KosalaKalings. According to Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar, Dakṣiṇāpatha (in modern days) is almost identical with the country called Maharashtra or the region in which the Marāthi language is spoken; the narrow strip of land between the western Ghāts and the sea being excluded." The Uttarāpatha being a counterpart to Dakṣiṇāpatha, it appears that the vast kingdom of Meghavāhana was divided into two bigger zones (as already observed) which were subdivided into Mandalas, Mandalas into Janapadas or Vijayas, Janapadas into towns and villages. The Uttarāpatha has been described by Dhanapāla as comprising of the Kāśmīra and other Mandalas which obviously included the whole of Punjab; Uttara Pradesh, Madhyadeśa, Himācala Pradesh, north-western Frontier province etc. and most probably included the Eastern regions of Kāmarūpa, Anga, Vanga, Videha etc., in so far as we find Dhanapāla mentioning Harivāhana reaching the region of
1. KSN D. K. Gupta p. 111. 2. TM Vol. II p. 193, KSN p. 120. 3. दक्षिणापथचक्रवर्तिना सकलदक्षिणापथस्य पार्थिवाय ख्यातमहसे कुसुमशेखराभिख्याम दक्षिणा-पथक्षोणियालस्य
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