[12] Chola was the sovereignty of the western part of the Peninsula on the Carnatic, extending southwards to Tanjore where it was bounded by the Pándyan kingdom. It appears to have been the Regio Soretanum of Ptolemy and the Chola maṇḍala or district furnishes the modern appellation of the Coromandel Coast.—Wilson, Essays, p. 241 note.
[13] Murala is another name for Kerala, now Malabar (Hall.) Wilson identifies it with the Curula of Ptolemy.
[14] Or perhaps more literally “creeper-like sword.” Probably the expression means “flexible, well-tempered sword,” as Professor Nílmani Mukhopádhyáya has suggested to me.
[15] It had been employed for this purpose by the gods and Asuras. Láṭa = the Larice of Ptolemy. (Wilson.)
[16] Turks, the Indo-scythæ of the ancients. (Wilson.)
[17] Persians.
[18] A Daitya or demon. His head swallows the sun and moon.
[19] Perhaps the Huns.
[20] The western portion of Assam. (Wilson.)