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

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the western India, its identification with
Karakaṇṭha will be hazardous. But the
Kārāpatha or Karabagh as it is now called,
on the right or the west bank of the Indus
at the foot of the salt range locally called
Nili hill in the Bannu district may, how-
ever, be identified as an alternative with
the Karakaṇṭha of Rājaśekhara.
24. Karatoyā ...A sacred river flowing through the dist-
ricts of Rangpur, Dinajpur and Bogra in
Bengal and joining the river Brahmaputra
near the Gangetic delta.
25. Karṇāṭas ...People living in the Karṇāṭadeśa which
includes the Mysore state, Coorg and part
of the Ceded districts.
26. Kaliṅga ... ...The northern Circars, a country lying
between Orissa in the north and Andhra
in the south and bordering on the sea.
Rājaśekhara includes this amongst the
countries situated in the southern and the
eastern India.
27. Kalinda ... ...A part of the Himālayas known by this
name. It is the source of the river
Yamunā which is called Kālindī in conse-
quence.
28. Kaserumān ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa.
This division is referred to in the Purāṇas
and in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā. It is identified
by some with Singapore in the Malaya
States. (see Cunningham's A. G. Notes
p. 752).
29. Kāñcī ... ...Kāñcīpura or Conjeevaram, the capital of
the Draviḍa or the Cola country on the
river Pālār. It is situated 'at a distance of
forty three miles south west of Madras.
30. Kāmarūpa ...Assam. Rājaśekhara mentions Kāmarūpa
as one of the mountains situated in the
eastern part of India but not as a Janapada.