काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

244 EXPLANATORY NOTES These evidences militate against the views of some of the commentators on Bhavabhūti who are disposed to identify Kālapriyanātha with the deity of Padmapura in Vidarbha, the birth-place of Bhavabhūti, or with Mahākāleśvara of Ujjayinī. As there are not strong reasons to support either of the two theories mentioned above, these may be dismissed as fanciful. (4) Now the position of Brahmaśilā mentioned by Rāja- śekhara may be determined on the strength of the position of the other three places, and its exact situation may be located in the eastern part of the city of Kanauj. It is also probable that Rāja- śekhara, being a teacher of king Mahendrapāla of Kanauj, was well acquainted with the topography of the city, and thus mentioned the four parts of the city of Kanauj to prove the relativity of directions. For his appreciation of the city of Kanauj see intro- duction page xxi.

• [pp. 93-94. With the five divisions of our author cf. "The five Divisions of India, or the "Five Indies," as they are usually called by the Chinese, are as follows:— I. Northern India comprised the Panjab proper, including Kashmir and the adjoining hill states, with the whole of eastern Afghanistan beyond the Indus, and the present Cis-Satlej States to the west of the Saraswati river. II. Western India comprised Sindh and Western Rajpu- tana, with Kachh and Gujarat, and a portion of the adjoining coast on the lower course of the Narbada river. III. Central India comprised the whole of the Gangetic provinces from Thanesar to the head of the Delta, and from the Himālaya mountains to the banks of the Narbada. IV. Eastern India comprised Assam and Bengal proper, including the whole of the Delta of the Ganges, together with Sambhalpur, Orissa, and Ganjam. V. Southern India comprised the whole of the peninsula from Nasik on the west and Ganjam on the east, to Cape Kumari (Comorin) on the south, including the modern districts of Berar and Telingana, Mahārāshṭra and the Konkan, with the separate states of Haidrabad, Mysore and Travancore, or very nearly