N. of a country, north of the Narmadā; its capital was Ujjayinī, also called Avantipurī or Avanti and Viśālā, (cf. Me. 30) situated on the Siprā. It is the western part of Mālvā. In the time of the Mahābhārata the country extended on the south to the banks of the Narmadā and on the west probably to the banks of the Mahi or Myhe. On the north of Avanti lay another principality with its capital Daśapura on the...