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TILAKAMANJARĪ OF DHANAPALA
Kāmarupa in Pragjyotiṣas where given a send off by the king of that region he roved about in the forests adjoining the river Lauhitya (Brahmaputra) in association with all the kings of the Uttarapatha who came to offer their homage to him as subsidiary vassals gratifying him with gifts of their choice' Kamalagupta the son of the king of Kalinga2 has been described as a 'Senani' or the army-in-chief of a battalion of Meghavahana (and Harivāhana) who had been given a Jagir (Vilambhaka) a region to the west of the Angas the Kumārabhukti of Samaraketu quite close to the Kāmarupa. And since Vanga, Anga and Kuluta have been associated in one line meaning thereby to include themselves in one zone make the point clearer in defining the area of the Uttarapatha. Saurāṣṭra modern Kathiawar comprising of Valabhi as its capital the ruins of which were discovered at Bilbi, about 30 kms. North-west of Bhavnagar, Girinagar, Girnar in Junagarh District (Raivataka or Girnar Hills in Kathiawar), Kheṭakapur, probably modern Kaira and Anandapura which may be identified with the village of the same name about 32 kms East of Rajkot, its north-western parts known as Anarta having capital Dvārika (modern Dawrka) might have been a part of Dakṣiṇāpatha, Pañcāla, (Northern having for Ahicchatra, modern Ramnagar in Bareilly district of Uttarpradeśa) and (Southern having Kampilya modern Kampil in Farrukhabad district of Uttarpradeśa)' having its maidens won over by the Lord of Kuśasthala modern Kanauj (old Mahodaya and Gadhipura) (being in Pañcala) formed a part of Uttarapradesh and therefore of Uttarapatha. Magadha having Kusumapura for its capital being in Eastern India and coming within the category of Anga, Vanga, Kāmarupa, formed a part of the Uttarapatha. Strīrājya" being
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1. TM pp 34-35.
2. Ibid. p. 245.
3. Ibid. Vol. III p. 34.
4. Ibid. Vol. III pp. 33-34 Paramāras p. 217.
5. Ibid. Vol. III p. 186.
6. KSN p. 118.
7. HGAI pp 71-72 TM Vol. III p. 185.
6. HGAI p. 109.
9. TM Vol. III p. 185.
10. Paramāras p. 217.
11. TM Sm ed. P.372, L-4
