Sovīra
PlaceMột nước có kinh đô là Roruka, do vua Bharata cai trị vào thời vua Reṇu, được một số học giả xác định là một khu vực của xứ Gujerat cổ đại.
A country mentioned in the Mahāgovinda Sutta (D.ii.235), and again in the Āditta Jātaka (J.iii.470; cf. Mil.359, where it is mentioned as a place to be visited by sea).
In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital.
Cunningham identifies Sovīra with Eder, a district in the province of Gujerat, at the head of the gulf of Cambay. (Anct. Geog. of India, p.569 f; he identifies Sauvīra with Sophir or Ophir; cf. Hopkins, Great Epic, 373, 474.).
The compound Sindhu-Sovīra (e.g., VvA.332) suggests that Sovīra was situated between the Indus and the Jhelum.
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