Mars presides over the people residing in the west half of the countries on both banks of the Śoṇa , the Narmadā and the Beas; over those residing on the banks of the Nirvindhya , the Vetravatī , the Siprā , the Godāvarī , the Veṇa , the Gaṅgā , the Payoṣṇī , the Mahānadī , the Indus , the Mālatī and the Pārā ; he also presides over the country of Uttarapāṇḍya, the Mahendra , the Vindhya, the Malaya mountains, Colādeśa, the Draviḍas , the Videhas , the Āndhras , the Aśmakas , the Bhāsapuras, the Kauṅkaṇas, the Mantriṣikās, the Kuntalas , the Keralas , the Daṇḍakas , the Kāntipuras , the Mlecchas and the mixed races.