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

312 APPENDIX I. 198. Surāṣṭra... ...Kathiawad and other portions of northern- most Gujarat. 199. Sumha ... ...Rājaśekhara mentions this as one of the eastern countries. According to Kālidāsa's descriptions, the country of Sumha is situ- ated on the coast of the bay of Bengal near Vaṅga on the Gangetic delta. He also states that the river Kapiśa is to the south of this country. (see Raghuvaṁśa iv. 35–38). The river Kapiśa is, there- fore, to be located in the land intermediate between Vaṅga and Utkala on the eastern coast. (see Kapiśa). 200. Sūrpāraka ...This is a country in South India according to Rājaśekhara. This is identified with S'opārā in the district of Thāṇā 37 miles north of Bombay and 4 miles north-west of Bassein. 201. Saumya ... ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa. Saumya seems to be a country situated in the north-west direction of India, if we are to rely on the order of sequence as given in the Purāṇas, while enumerating the different parts constituting the Bhā- ratavarṣa. 202. Haṁsamārga...This is also called as Krauñcarandhra or Haṁsadvāra, in the Himālayas; it is said to have been opened by Paraśurāma with an arrow. This is identified with the Niti pass, in the district of Kumaon, connecting Tibet with India. 203. Harahūrava ...The country lying between the Indus and the Jhelum, the Gandgarh mountain and the salt range. (see Cunningham's map. vi.). Rājaśekhara places this country in the northern India.