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east of the Mid-land. The eastern boundary of the Mid-land changed, as we saw, from time to time, from Prayāga to Kāsī, from Kāsi to Kajangala, and ultimately from the latter to Pundravardhana. The only locality to the east of Kajangala which was included in the Mid-land was.the Brahmin village of Mahāsālā or Mabāsāla which has not as yet been satisfactorily identified. Its south-east boundary was formed by the river Salalayati (Sarāvati) to be identified either with the Silai (Sīlāvati) which taking its riso in the Chotanagpur hills and being united with the Dalkisor (Dvärikesvari) flows down as the Rupanarayani through the districts of Bankura and Midnapore, or with the Svarnarekhā or Suvarnarekhā which also taking its rise in the Chotanagpur hills flows down through the districts of Manbhum and Midnapore. The Jaina Ācārānga Sūtra speaks of Lādha (Rādha) as a pathless country with its two divisions : Subbhabhūmi (probably the same as Sk. Sukma) and Vajjabhūmi, which may be taken to correspond to the modern district of Midnapore. The country of Lādha, thus identified extended from the south-east corner of the Mid-land to the Bay of Bengal and lay just to the north-east of Kalinga. If the Subbhabhūmi of the Acārāngá be identical with the Suhma of the Mahābhārata
1 Law, Geography, p. 68. 2 Jacobi, Jaina sutras, i, p. 84.
