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

282 APPENDIX I. Arthaśāstra, include Aśmaka as a part of the Mahārāṣṭra country. It appears, there- fore, that Aśmaka was situated between the Godāvarī and Māhiṣmatī, and formed part of Vidarbha. 8. Ānarta ... ...Includes northern Gujarat and portions of the Malwa country; its capital was Ānar- ttapura, afterwards called Ānandapura, the modern Vadnagar. 9. Āryāvarta ...The northern part of India lying between the Himālayas in the north and the Vindhya range in the south; and between the eastern and western oceans. 10. Irāvatī ... ...This may be identified with the river Ravi on the banks of which Lahore is situated. Some scholars identify this with the river Rapti in Oudh, but this does not seem to be correct, since Rājaśekhara locates the river in the northern India. 11. Ilāvṛtavarṣa ...The country surrounding the Mahāmeru, or the mountain situated in the middle of the Jambūdvīpa. The Meru is said to have three Varṣas in the north and three more in the south. Among the six, the Bhāratavarṣa is rogarded as the third to the south. 12. Indrakīla ...One of the peaks in the interior of the Himālayas. 13. Indradvīpa ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa. The division of Bhāratavarṣa in nine parts occurs in the Purāṇas, as well as in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā which depends for its in- formation on the Purāṇas·with regard to this topic. Some scholars are inclined to identify this with Burma as it is situated in the east, the direction of Indra. 14. Ujjainī ... ...Modern Ujjain.