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Source: academia.edu: A Textual and Intertextual Study of the Mudrārākṣasa (history)Malwa is the modern spelling of ancient Mālava, which probably correspond to the Greek Malloi.—The Malloi of the Greek chronicles have been identified as the people known in Indic sources as Mālava, after whom the north-western region of central India is named (today usually spelt Malwa in English). It does, however, seem that there were indeed Mālavas in the north-western frontier areas at least until the middle of the first millennium CE.
The Bṛhatsaṃhitā of Varāhamihira (mid-sixth century) described Mālavas as living in the north of the Indian subcontinent, from where some of them seem to have migrated in early historic times to present-day Malwa. the Mudrārākṣasa does refer to the Mālava people by name, and though the possibility cannot be excluded, it is unlikely that they are meant to be the same nation as the Malayas.
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Starts with: Malwattiya.
Full-text (+45): Malava, Kumalaka, Dasheraka, Dashapura, Malavi, Avanti, Nalacha, Nalakacchapura, Malavavishaya, Ashadhara, Mandalakara, Bhramaramari, Malavadesha, Malavam, Grihaprakarana, Ramashatpadi, Vetravati, Brihadgriha, Malloi, Anarta.
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A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Kaushambi during the Shunga Dynasty < [Chapter 2]
Kaushambi under the Maghas < [Chapter 2]
Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Sanskrit Inscriptions (K): The Paramāras < [Chapter 3]
Sanskrit Inscriptions (E): The Pāṇḍuvaṃśīs < [Chapter 3]
Chart: Movement of Vedic Brāhmaṇas < [Chapter 3]
Hitopadesha (English translation) (by Sir Edwin Arnold)
Chapter 7 - The Story of the Crane and the Crab < [Book Four - Peace]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXVII - Tests of Pulaka stones < [Agastya Samhita]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 17 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Nagarjuna < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Part 7 - Age of compilation < [Preface]