Dakshinapatha

Dakshinapatha is a historical region which is the ancient equivalent of the present-day Deccan. It can also mean:

• the "Ancient South of the Indian subcontinent" below Uttarapatha. The term usually encompasses the Deccan and sometimes Tamilakam and Ceylon as well.
• the "great southern highway" in India, traveling from Magadha to Pratishthana, or;
• a kingdom on the Godavari River in southern India