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

APPENDIX I.
Identification of geographical names occurring
in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā.

1. Aṅga ... ...The country lying between Bhagalpur and
   Monghyr. Its capital was Campāpurī
   which is now located within two miles
   west of Bhagalpur.
2. Antarvedi ...The tract of country surrounded by the
   Ganges in the north and the Yamunā in
   the south; and Vinaśana (or the place
   where Sarasvatī disappears) in the west
   and Prayāga in the east.
3. Andhra ... ...The country lying between the river Godā-
   varī in the north and the Kṛṣṇā in the
   south. Pratiṣṭhānapura was its capital.
4. Ayodhyā... ...Situated on the river Sarayū in the
   United Provinces.
5. Arbuda ... ...Mount Abu in the Aravalli range now
   included in the Sirohi state of Rajputana.
   According to Rājaśekhara the part of the
   country surrounding Mount Abu is also
   called Arbuda, because he makes Arbuda
   both a mountain and a Janapada.
6. Avanti ... ...The country of which Ujjain was the
   capital. It is said to be the kingdom of
   Vikramāditya.
7. Aśmaka ... ...Rājaśekhara mentions this among the co-
   untries of South India. The Brahmāṇḍa-
   purāṇa also places it in the southern India.
   But the Kūrmapurāṇa and the Bṛhat-
   saṁhitā mention this country as a part of
   North India and locate it near the Punjab.
   The Daśakumāracarita, Harṣacarita and
   Bhaṭṭasvāmin-the commentator on the
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