189:64 Also Surásht́ras, which is no doubt more correct; the inhabitants of Surat.

189:65 The Kekayas or Kaikeyas appear amongst the chief nations in the war of the Mahábhárata, their king being a kinsman of Krishńa. The Rámáyańa, II. 53, specifies their position beyond, or west of, the Vipáśa.

190:66 We have in the Puráńas Kut́t́apracharańas and Kut́t́aprávarańas amongst the mountain tribes.

190:67 These may be people upon the Mahí river: they are named amongst the southern nations by the Váyu, &c., but the west is evidently intended.

190:68 Read also Kachchas: the Puráńa have Kachchiyas. The form is equally applicable to people dwelling in districts contiguous to water and in marshy spots, and denotes the province still called Cutch.

190:69 Also read Adhya, Antya, and Andhra: the latter is the name of Telingana, the Andhri of Pliny.

190:70 Three MSS. have Malada, a people of the east in Bhíma's Dig-vijaya.

190:71 Also Mánavalakas.

190:72 A people of the east.

190:73 The western provinces of Bengal, or, as sometimes used in a more comprehensive sense, it includes the following districts: Rajshahi, Dinajpur, and Rangpur; Nadiya, Birbhum, Burdwan, part of Midnapur, and the Jungle Mahals; Ramgerh, Pachete, Palamow, and part of Chunar. See an account of Puńd́ra, translated from what is said to be part of the Brahmańd́a section of the Bhavishyat Puráńa. Calcutta Quart. Mag. Dec. 1824.

190:74 There is considerable variety in this term, Lárga, Márja, Samuttara, and Samantara; probably neither is correct. Bhargas are amongst the people subdued in the east by Bhíma.

190:75 These are foresters and barbarians in general.

190:76 Notwithstanding the celebrity of this country, as the kingdom of Nala, it does not appear exactly where it was situated: we may conclude it was not far from Vidharba (Berar) as that was the country of Damayantí. From the directions given by Nala to Damayantí, it is near the Vindhya mountain and Payoshńí river, and roads lead from it across the Riksha mountain to Avanti and the south, as well as to Vidarbha and to Kośalá. Nalopákhyána, sec. 9.

190:77 These are always placed in the west: they are fabled to be the descendants of Ánartta, the son of Saryáti, who founded the capital Kuśasthalí afterwards Dwáraká, on the sea-shore in Guzerat.

190:78 Also Pratimatsyas; those opposite or adjacent to the Matsyas.