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

302 APPENDIX I.
133. Mallavartaka...Rājaśekhara mentions this among the ea-
stern countries. This, therefore, cannot
be identified with either Malladeśa or Mul-
tan, or Malava or the country inhabited
by the Mallois of the Greek historians,
since we have to seek for its identification
a country situated in the eastern part of
India. It is, therefore, probable that the
Mallavartaka represents the country in
which Mallaparvata or Pārśvanātha hills
are situated, namely the portion now for-
ming the districts of Hazaribagh and Man-
bhum in the province of Bihar and Orissa.
134. Mahārāṣṭra ...The Marāṭhā country or the country
watered by the upper Godāvarī, or the land
lying between this river and the Kṛṣṇā.
This was also called Daṇḍakāraṇya in
ancient days. (see Rāmāyaṇa, Āraṇya, ch.
I. and Bhandarkar's Hist. of Deccan. II.).
135. Mahī ... ...The river Mahī which springs in Malava
and falls into the gulf of Cambay.
136. Mahendra ...Rājaśekhara mentions Mahendra among the
mountains of South India. According to
Kālidāsa(Raghuvaṁśa. iv. 39-40)Mahendra
is situated in the Kaliṅga country. But
Rājaśekhara includes Kaliṅga both in the
group of eastern as well as southern coun-
tries. It, thus, appears probable that Ma-
hendragiri near Ganjam was the northern
boundary of the Kaliṅga country.
137. Mahodaya ...Kanauj or Kānyakubja.
138. Mālava ... ...Malwa or Avanti. Its capital was Ujjayinī.
139. Mālyaśikhara Rājaśekhara mentions this as a mountain
in the western India. It cannot, there-
fore, be identified with mount Mālyavān
supposed to be situated near Kiṣkindhā in