After covering the PALA region, Before go to the other destinations, we have to take a look in the divisions of ANCIENT INDIA.
In the book THE ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA, 5 divisions and its regions have been mentioned ( Alexander cunningham states as per the administrative divisons by theBRITISH PEOPLE ). Those details as follows. I. Northern Indiacomprised the Punjab proper, including Kashmir and the adjoining hill states, with the whole of eastern Afghanistan beyond the Indus, and the present Cis-Satlej States to the west of the Saraswati river. ( UDICHYA DESA ) or lies in ( UTTARA PATAHA )
II. Western Indiacomprised Sindh ( according to ancient literatures SINDH region also comes Under UTTARA PATHA--- ) and "Western Rajputana, with Kachh and Gujarat, and a portion of the adjoining coast on the lower course of the Narbada river. ( APARANTA desa )
III. Central Indiacomprised the whole of the Gangetic provinces from Thanesar to the head of the Delta, and from the Himalaya mountains to the banks of the Narbada. ( MADHYA DESA )
IV. Eastern Indiacomprised Assam and Bengal proper, including the whole of the Delta of the Ganges, together with Sambhalpur, Orissa, and Ganjam. ( PRACHYA DESA ) or( PURVA DESA )
V. Southern Indiacomprised the whole of the peninsula from Nasik on the west and Ganjam on the east, to Cape Kumari (Comorin) on the south, including the modern districts of Berar and Telingana, Maharashtra and the Ivonkan, with the separate states of Haidarabad, Mysore, and Travancore, or very nearly the whole of the peninsula to the south of the Narbada and Mahanadi rivers.( DHAKSHINA PATHA or DAKSHINATYA )
TERMS given in the bracket were mentioned by other scholars quoted from ancient literatures.
why should we have to look at this? There are TWO number of details have beengiven by RJC. The FIRST ONE is, one of HIS BIRUDAS, பூர்வ தேசமும் கங்கையும் கடாரமும் கொண்ட அய்யன் ( PURVA DESAMUM GANGAIYUM KADARAMUM KONDA AYYAN (i.e) The ONE who conquered PURVA DESA, GANGES and KADARAM ) The NEXT one is, one of his INSCRIPTIONS, “ UDAYAR Shree Rajendra Chozha thevar UTTHARA PAADHATHIL Boopathiyaarai JEYITHARULI YUTHOTHSAVA Vibavathaal GangaiParikiragam panniyarulina GANGAI KONDA CHOZHANENNUM thirunamathal ITHTHIRUMUTRATHIL vaithu Arulina UTHAMAAKKIRAM Gangai konda Chozhanil ” " South Arcot Dt ENNAIRAM inscriptions...” ( thanks to SPS sir for posting this inscription in the previous days ) Some other details about this war, 1. RJC’s younger brother had a BIRUDA as “ ERIVALI gangai konda cholan ”. 2. One of the GENRALS of RJC had a BIRUDA as “ MAHIPALA KULA KALAN ” PURVA DESA: The term PURVA DESA literally means Ancient country. Some scholars uses this term in the sense of NATIVE country Or BORN country. About this term PURVA DESA, Most of the scholars says that It INDICATES the EASTERN region of INDIA or EASTERN INDIA. Alberuni says that, Alphabets, the Gauri (Gaudi), used in Purvadesa, i.e. the Eastern country ; the Bhaikshuki, used in Udunpur in Purvadesa. This last is the writing of BUDHHA ( mentions about Buddhist people).
Most of the scholars identify this " UDUNPUR " as " UDDANTAPURA " as the present BIHAR.BY the word " GAUDI " its clearly shows that PURVA DESA BELONGS TO THE EASTERN REGION OF INDIA. GAUDA kingdom was in the eastern region Here some confusions about these details, I try to resolve this,
While dealing with kingdomic terms, Normally the term “ DESA ” was used to mention a KINGDOM or a REGION. Alberuniis a foreigner, if he mentions a language of a religious people there must be a large quantity of those people. Around that time the PALA kingdom was the BUDHDHIST kingdom which situated on the Eastern Region. This shows that the Budhdhist people accumulated in that region. This CONFIRMS, PURVA DESA indicates the eastern regions.
The EPIC MANIMEGALAI mentions a valuable detail, GAANTHAARA NAATTU PURVADESAM (i.e) PURVA DESA ofGAANTHAARA DESA. Our Virarajendrasir, identifies that, KASHMIR is PURVADESA mentioned in this detail. Its also confirms that MANIMEKALAI also mentions EASTERN REGION as PURVA DESA, because KASHMIR is the EASTERN END of GAANTHAARA DESA. RAJASEKARA’s KAVYAMIMANSA says PRAJYOTISHA in PURVA DESA. This PRAJYOTISHA is an ANCIENT KINGDOM situated around present ASSAM which is in the EASTERN REGION of INDIA. The same poet mentions BENARAS is the BORDER of MADHYA DESA and PURVA DESA. These statements CONFIRMS that PURVA DESA mentions the EASTERN REGIONS of INDIA or Ancient BHARATHA VARSHA. Now, all the above statements confirms AATHI NAGAR is YAYATI NAGAR which is the capital of KOSALA DESA ( King INDRA RATHA ) The EASTERN INDIA comprised comprised Assam and Bengal proper, including the whole of the Delta of theGanges, together with Sambhalpur, Orissa, and Ganjam. Now we can conclude that, AATHI NAGAR, ODDA VISHAYA, KOSALA DESA, DANDA BHUKTI, DHAKSHIN LATA, VANGALA DESA, UTTARA LATAbelongs to PURVA DESAwhich are situated in the EASTERN INDIA.
The BIRUDA of RJC HAVE A SPECIAL FEATURE. I will come back soon with the same.