A country mentioned in the Mahágovinda Sutta (D.ii.235), and again in the Aditta Játaka (J.iii.470; cf. Mil.359, where it is mentioned as a place to be visited by sea).
In the time of King Renu, Bharata was king of Sovíra, and Roruka was its capital.
Cunningham identifies Sovíra with Eder, a district in the province of Gujerat, at the head of the gulf of Cambay. (Anct. Geog. of India, p.569f.; he identifies Sauvíra with Sophir or Ophir; cf. Hopkins, Great Epic, 373, 474.).
The compound Sindhu-Sovíra (E.g., VvA.332) suggests that Sovíra was situated between the Indus and the Jhelum.