Dakshinapatha

Dakshinapatha is a historical region which is an ancient equivalent of present day South India or Deccan plateau and which may mean;

  • the "Ancient South of the Indian subcontinent" below Uttarapatha. The term can encompass Dravida, Simhala, the Kollam region, and the Maldives;
  • the "great southern highway" in India, traveling from Magadha to Pratishthana, or;
  • a kingdom on the Godavari River in southern India
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