Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana
by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words
This page relates ‘Table: Janapadas or State’ of the study on the historical elements of the Matsya-purana: one of the eighteen Mahapuranas which are Sanskrit texts that have preserved the cultural heritage, philosophy, religion, geography, etc of ancient India. This Matsyapurana was originally written in 20,000 verses and deals with topics such as architecture, ancient history, polity, religion and philosophy.
Table: Janapadas or State
Janapadas or State in the Matsya Purāṇa
| 1. | Śākadvīpa | Chapter 122 | Northeast or Lands west of Ural Mountain |
| 2. | Krauñcadvīpa | Ch. 122/78-91 | East Asia |
| 3. | Kuśadvīpa | Ch. 122/45-75 | Africa (North) |
| 4. | Puṣkaradvīpa | Ch.-123/12-20 | South-east Asia |
Janapada regions and references:
| Janapada | Chapter | Region | Alternative names |
| Ābhira | 114 | Northern | Same name in all Purāṇas |
| Ānarta | 114 | Western | Āvantya (Vāmana , Mārkandeya ) |
| Andhaka | 114 | Central | — |
| Anga | 114 | Eastern | Central and Eastern in the Vāmana |
| Āntaranarmada | 114 | Western | Uttaranarmada (Mārkandeya ), Sunarmada (Vāmana ) |
| Antargiri | 114 | Eastern | — |
| Arupa | 114 | Vindhyan | Annaja (Vāyu), Anupa (Vāmana, Mārkandeya ) |
| Purāndhra | 114 | Northern | Aparita (Vāyu ), Aparānta (Vāmana, Mārkandeya ) |
| Ātavi | 114 | Southern | Āraṇya (Mārkandeya), Ātavya (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Atri | 114 | Northern | Ātreya (Vāmana, Vāyu ) |
| Aundra | 114 | Vindhyan | — |
| Avanti | 114 | Central & Vindhyan | Same in all Purāṇas |
| Bahirgiri | 114 | Eastern | — |
| Vāhlika | 114 | Northern | — |
| Bhadrakāra | 114 | Central | — |
| Bharadvāja | 114 | Northern | — |
| Bhārukaccha | 114 | Western | Bhānukaccha (Vāyu , Sahakaccha (Brahmāṇḍa ). |
| Bhoja | 114 | Vindhyan | Gopta (Vāmana ) |
| Bāhya | 114 | Central | Bodha (Vāyu, Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Suhmottara | 114 | Western | Brahmottara (Vāyu , Mārkandeya ), Samantara (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Attakhaṇḍika | 114 | Northern | Sakhetaka (Vāmana ), Brahmanda ) |
| Kerala | 114 | Southern | Kevala (Mārkandeya ) |
| Cina (China ) | 114 | Northern | Pina (Vāyu ), Veṇa (Vāmana ) |
| Cola (Chola ) | 114 | Southern | Caulya (Vāyu), Cauda (Vāmana ) |
| Daṇḍaka | 114 | Southern | — |
| Darva | 114 | Himalayan | Himalayan and Northen in the Vāyu and Mārandeya |
| Daseraka | 114 | Northern | Karseruka (Vāyu ), Kuseruka (Mārkandeya ) |
| Dasanāmaka | 114 | Northern | Dasamānika (Vāyu), Dansana (Vāmana ), Dasamālika (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Daśarṇa | 114 | Vindhyan | — |
| Druhyu | 114 | Northern | Hrada (Vāyu ), Bhadra (Brahmanda ) |
| Gāndhāra | 114 | Northern | — |
| Gonarda | 114 | Eastern | Govinda (Vāyu) Gomanta |
| Sarvaga | 114 | Himalayan | Hamsamārga (Vāyu, Vāmana ), Hamsabhanga (Brahmanda ). |
| Hāramurtika | 114 | Northern | Hārapurika (Vāyu ), Sāmusaka (Vāmana ) |
| Samudgaka | 114 | Himalayan | Sahudaka (Vāyu ), Sakrtraka (Mārkandeya ), Sahuhuka (Vāmana ), Sahuhuka (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Iśīka | 114 | Southern | Vaisakya (Mārkandeya ) |
| Jāṇgala | 114 | Northern | Juhuda (Vāyu ), Jāguda (Vāmana ) |
| Jāṇgala | 114 | Central | — |
| Kāchchhika | 114 | Western | Kacchiya (Vāyu ), Kāsmira (Mārkandeya ), Kacchipa (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Kālatoyaka | 114 | Nortehr | — |
| Kalinga | 114 | Central | Arkalinga (Mārkandeya ) |
| Kalinga | 114 | Central | Arkalinga (Mārkandeya ) |
| Kalinga | 114 | Southern | — |
| Kantakāra | 114 | Northern | Raddhakataka (Vāyu ), Kādhara (Vāmana ) |
| Kāraskara | 114 | Western | Paraskara (Vāyu ), Kathāksara (Mārkandeya ), Karandhara (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Kāruṣa | 114 | Southern & Vindhyan | — |
| Kaikeyya | 114 | Northern | Kaikeya (Mārkandeya), Kekeya (Vāyu, Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Kirāta | 114 | Central & Himalayan | Kirāta (Vāyu, Vāmana, Brahmanda, Mārkandeya ) |
| Kiskindhaka | 114 | Vindhyan | Kikarava (Vamana ) |
| Kośala | 114 | Central & Vindhyan | — |
| Kulya | 114 | Southern & Vindhyan | — |
| Kupatha | 114 | Southern | Kumana (Vāyu), Kusuma (Mārkandeya), Kumārāda (Vāmana), Ksapana (Brahmanda ) |
| Pulinda | 114 | Northern | Kalinga (Mārkandeya), Kalinda (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Kuntala | 114 | Central | Kuṇḍala (Vāmana ) |
| Kuru | 114 | Central | Kaurava (Vāmana ) |
| Kuthaprāvarṇa | 114 | Himalayan | Kusaprāvaraṇa (Vāyu ), Kuntaprāvaraṇa (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Lampāka | 114 | Northern | Lamaka (Brahmāda ) |
| Madraka | 114 | Northern | Lamaka (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Madguraka | 114 | Eastern | Mudgara (Mārkandeya) Mudguraka (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Magadha | 114 | Eastern | — |
| Navarāṣṭra | 114 | Southern | Maharāstra (Vāyu, Vāmana , Brahmāṇḍa, Mārkandeya ) |
| Māheya | 114 | Western | — |
| Māhisika | 114 | Southern | Māhisaka (Vāyu & ; Mārkandeya ) |
| Mālava | 114 | Eastern | Maanda (Mārkandeya ), Mansāda (Vāmana ) |
| Mallavarṇaka | 114 | Eastern | Mālavartin (Vāyu ), Baladantika (Vāmana ) |
| Mālava | 114 | Vindhyan | Ekalavya (Vāmana), Malada (Brahmāda ) |
| Śālva | 114 | Eastern | Māla (Vāyu), Māia (Vāmana ), Malla (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Maṇḍala | 114 | Himalayan | Mālava (Vāyu Mārkandeya ) |
| Māṣa | 114 | Vindhyan | — |
| Mātanga | 114 | Eastern | — |
| Matsya | 114 | Central | Yatstha (Vāmana ) |
| Mekala | 114 | Vindhyan | Rokala (Vāyu), Kevala (Mārkandeya ) |
| Arbuda | 114 | Western | — |
| Mūka | 114 | Central | — |
| Sūtika | 114 | Southern | Musikāda (Vāmana), Musika (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Vāsikya | 114 | Western | Nāsikānta (Vāmana ), Nāsika (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Nirāhāra | 114 | Himalayan | Nigarhar (Vāyu), NIhāra (Mārkandeya ) |
| Naiṣadha | 114 | Vindhyan | Nisāda (Vāyu ) |
| Pahlava | 114 | Northern | Pallava (all except the Vāyu ) |
| Pāñcala | 114 | Central | — |
| Pāṇḍya | 114 | Southern | Paṇḍra (Mārkandeya , Vāmana ) |
| Pārada | 114 | Northern | Parita (Vāyu), Pāravata (Vāmana ) |
| Pataccara | 114 | Central | Satapathesvara (Vāyu ) |
| Prāgjyotisa | 114 | Eastern | — |
| Prasthala | 114 | Northern | Puskala (Mārkandeya ) |
| Plavanga | 114 | Eastern | Pravanga (Vāyu ) |
| Prāvijaya | 114 | Eastern | Prāviseya (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Kuliya | 114 | Western | Pulinda (Mārkandeya ), Puliya (Vāmana ) Pauleya (Brahmanda ) |
| Pulinda | 114 | Southern | — |
| Puṇḍra | 114 | Eastern | Muṇḍa (Vāyu), Madra (Vāmana ) |
| Pāmatha | 114 | Northern | Māthara (Māṇrkandeya ) Mātharodha (Vāmana ) |
| Rupasa | 114 | Western | Kupasa (Vāyu), Rupapa (Mārkandeya), Rupaka (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Sainika | 114 | Northern | Pidika (Vāyu), Sulika (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Śalva | 114 | Central | — |
| Sārasvata | 114 | Western | — |
| Saurāṣṭra | 114 | Western | Surāstra (Vāyu, Vāmana Brahmānmda, Mārkandeya ) |
| Sauvīra | 114 | Northern | — |
| Setūka | 114 | Southern | Sailusa (Mārkandeya ), Jānuka (Vāmana ) |
| Sabara | 114 | Southern | Bara (Vāyu), Sarava (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Śaka | 114 | Northern | — |
| Padgama (Satpura ) | 114 | Vindhyan | Satsura (Vāyu), Patava (Mārkandeya), Bahela (Vāmana ) |
| Sindhu | 114 | Northern | — |
| Sirāla | 114 | Western | Surāla (Vāyu), Sumina (Mārkandeya), Sinila (Vāmana), Kirāta (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Sudra | 114 | Northern | Suhya (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Śurasena | 114 | Central | — |
| Taittirika | 114 | Western | Turasita (Vāyu), Kurumini (Vāmana), Kariti (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Talagāna | 114 | Northern | Stanapa (Vāyu), Tāvakarāma (Vāmana), Tālasāla (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Chamara | 114 | Himalayan | Tomara (Vāmana), Tāmara (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Tāmralipataka | 114 | Himalayan | Tomara (Vāmana), Tāmara (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Apatha | 114 | Himalayan | Gurguṇa (Mārkandeya), Tangana (Vāyu, Vāmana ) |
| Tāpasa | 114 | Western | Svāpada (Mārkandeya ), Tāpaka (Brahmanda ) |
| Tosala | 114 | Vindhyan | — |
| Traipura | 114 | Vindhyan | — |
| Trigarta | 114 | Himalayan | — |
| Tumbara | 114 | Vindhyan | Tumbura (Vāyu), Tumbula (Mārkandeya), Barbara (Brahmanda ) |
| Tumura | 114 | Vindhyan | Tumbura (Mārkandeya ), Tuhuṇḍa (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Sauṇḍikera | 114 | Vindhyan | Tustikāra (Mārkandeya ) |
| Urṇa | 114 | Vindhyan | — |
| Vājivasika | 114 | Southern | Banavāsika (Vāyu ), Mahāsaka (Vāmana ) |
| Vanga | 114 | Eastern | — |
| Mārgavageya | 114 | Eastern | Rāngeya (Mārkandeya ), Vojñeya (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Kāśī | 114 | Central | — |
| Vātadhāna | 114 | Northern | — |
| Vaidarbha | 114 | Southern | — |
| Videha | 114 | Eastern | — |
| Vaidisa | 114 | Vindhyan | Vaidika (Vāyu), Khollisa (Vāmana ) |
| Vindhyapusika | 114 | Southern | Vindhyasaileya (Mārkandeya ) Vindhyamauliya (Brahmāṇḍa ) |
| Vītihotra | 114 | Virahotra (Mārkandeya ), Vitahotra (Vāmana ) | |
| Yamaka | 114 | — | |
| Yavana | 114 | Gavala (Mārkandeya ) |