The people of the middle country etc. are the Kurus and Pancalas. The people of the eastern territories are the residents of Kamarupa. So also of the Pundras, the Kalihgas, the Magadhas the people of the southern Deccan region, the people of the western territories, the Saurastras, the Sudras, the Hinas (indigent ones), the Arbudas, the Malakas, the Malapas, the residents of Pariyatra, the Sauviras, the Saindhavas, the Hunas, the Malyas (v.l. Salvas), the residents of Balya, the Madras, the Ramas, the Andhras and the Para- sikas.* These people always stay near these rivers and drink their waters.