countries beautiful and abounding in corn, such as Panchala , Chedi , Matsya , Surasena , Pattachchara, Dasarna , Navarashtra, Malla , Salva , Yugandhara, Saurashtra , Avanti, and the spacious Kuntirashtra . Avanti was well connected by ancient highways Words of Nishada king Nala to his wife Damayanti of Vidarbha