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

APPENDIX I. 299 course. In this connection, it is worthy of note that since Rājaśekhara places this country in the exact north, the northern part of Baluchistan may also be taken as the Barbara country. 115. Bālhaveya ...Rājaśekhara locates this country in the northern India. This may be the same as Bhāṭia near Multan. Native historians and the early Arab geographers mention Bhātia as a strong fortress near Multan on the Indus. Cunningham also mentions it as Bhātia or Bāhiya or Bāhatiya and locates it between Multan and Alor or Aror. (see Cunningham's A. G. p. 294 and Map. ix. ). 116. Bālhīka ... ...See Vāhīka. 117. Bindusaras ...A sacred spot in the Himālayas two miles south of Gaṅgotrī. ( see Cakravartikṣetra ). 118. Bṛhadgṛha ...Rājaśekhara calls it a mountain in the eastern India. This may represent the mount Everest in the eastern range of the Himālayas. 119. Brahma ... ...A country in the eastern India. This is presumably the modern Burma including the upper and lower portions. 120. Brahmaśilā ...Brahmaśilā formed the eastern boundary of the city of Kanauj ( see Notes p. 244 ). 121. Brahmottara ...A country in the eastern India. The northern portion of the Brahma country or the Upper Burma. It may be noted that the Brahma country included both the upper and lower Burma. 122. Brāhmaṇavāha Rājaśekhara mentions this as one of the co- untries in the western India. Cunningham identifies this as the city of Brāhmaṇa captured by Alexander, and called by the