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It is not known where Nishadha was. Vidarbha, the modern Berar, is at the head- waters of the Tapti, between Nagpore and the Nizam’s Kingdom, and about five hundred miles from Oudh. The general run of the story makes it highly probable that Nishadha was between Berar and Oudh. From chapter ix., it would seem to have been north of Oujein (ujjayinī). From an allusion in the Çatapatha-brāhmana, ii.3.2, Weber thinks it is in the south (ie. from Madhya- deça). These premises give some ground for the inference that Nishadha was in the valley of the Sind, which traverses Gwalior State, Central India. On the Sind is Narwār; and local tradition connects this place with “King Nala” in a story whose leading features bear a striking resemblance to those of our poem. Finally, Nala is said, chap.xv., to have reached Oudh on the tenth day after quitting Damayantī, and this time suits the