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Rh natya, Saurasena, Kaikeya or Kaikaya, Sabara and Dravida as countries where the Paisaci languages are spoken Of these, he says, only three, namely, Kaikeya, Sourasena and Panchala are Nagara or civilized Ramatarka vagisa, perhaps also of the 17th century, mentions two varieties of Paisaci Viz, Kaikaya and (?) Chaska. He adds that the main Prakrits like the Mayadhi when incorrectly used become asuddha Paisacikas. Lakshmidbara refers to Paisaci as being spoken in Panuy?, Kekaya, Bahlika, Simha(la), Nepala Kuntala, Sudhesbna, Bota, Gandhara Haiva and Kapnojana.

From a perusal of the above lists, it would appear that the Paisaci-speaking people had distributed themselves over the whole of India. No doubt, the lists given above do not agree one with the other, but one at least, Kekays, is common to all of them Markandeya speaks of