avamukta

1. Avamukta (No. 1, L. 19):

The Inscription No. 1 refers to Avamukta as one of the

countries in Dakṣiṇāpatha subdued by Samudragupta. Its ruler

was Nīlarāja.⁵²⁹. Avamukta has not been identified with cer-

tainty. Some scholars on the basis of the similarity of names

identify it with Avimukta another name of Kāśī.⁵³⁰ But the

suggestion cannot be accepted. Avamukta of the inscription

was a country in the South while Avimukta or Kāśī is an eas-

tern country. It may be considered to be situated in the Goda-

vari district.⁵³¹ According to D.B. Diskalkar it must lay on

the Eastern Ghāṭs which lie to the west of Kāñcī or Conjee-

varam.⁵³²