187:31 A country of considerable extent and power at various periods. The name remains in Beder, which may have been the ancient capital; but the kingdom seems to have corresponded with the great part of Berar and Kandesh. It is mentioned in the Rámáyańa and the Puráńas amongst the countries of the south.

187:32 Also Rúpavásikas. There is a Rupá river from the Śuktimat mountain, the vicinity of which may be alluded to. We have Rúpasas or Rúpapas amongst the southern tribes of the Puráńas.

188:33 Read also Aśmalas and Aśmakas: the latter are enumerated amongst the people of the south in the Rámáyańa, and in the Váyu, Matsya, and Márkańd́eya P. There is a prince of the same name of the solar dynasty.

188:34 Gova or Kuva is an ancient name of the southern Konkan, and may be intended in this place by the Gopa country; or it may imply 'the district of cow-herds,' that is, of Nomadic tribes.

188:35 Also read Kulatis and Páńítakas.

188:36 Read also Adhirájya and Adhirásht́ra, which mean the same, 'the over or superior kingdom.'

188:37 Also Kuśádhya, Kuśánda, and Mukuntha.

188:38 Also Vallirásht́ra. There are Mallas in the east, along the foot of the Himalaya, in Bhíma's Dig-vijaya; but we should rather look for them in the north-west, in the site of the Malli of Arrian. We have in the Puráńas, Mahárásht́ra, the Mahratta country, which may be here intended.

188:39 Two copies read Kevala; one, Kambala, The text is probably wrong, as we have Kerala below.

188:40 Also Váráyásis and Varavásis: one copy has, what is likely to be most correct, Vánarásyas, the monkey-faced people.'

188:41 Read Upaváha and Praváha.

188:42 The MSS. agree in reading this Vakra.

188:43 The Śakas occur again, more than once, which may be possibly unnecessary repetition: but these people, the Sakai and Sacæ of classical writers, the Indo-Scythians of Ptolemy, extended, about the commencement of our era, along the west of India, from the Hindu Koh to the mouths of the Indus.

188:44 The inhabitants of Tirhut.

188:45 The people of South Bahar.

188:46 Also read Mahyas and Suhmas: the latter is probably correct. The Suhmas and Prasuhmas were found in the east by Bhíma; and Suhma is elsewhere said to be situated east of Bengal, towards the sea, the king and the people being Mlechchhas, that is not Hindus: it would correspond therefore with Tiperah and Aracan.

188:47 Also read Malajas, but less correctly perhaps. The Malayas are the people of the southern Ghats.

188:48 We have Pravijayas in the east, according to the Puráńas.

188:49 Anga is the country about Bhagalpur, of which Champá was the capital.

188:50 Eastern Bengal.