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* [[Bihar]] - from ''vihara'' ("Buddhist monastery"). Foreign invaders often used abandoned viharas as military cantonments; the word ''Bihar'' may have come from the large number of viharas thus employed in the area that later became Bihar.
* [[Chandigarh]] - "[[Chandi]]'s fort". No actual fort ever existed; a large Chandi temple "protected" the locals, hence the name. The goddess Chandi is a form of [[Dakshayani|Kali]] or Parvati.
* [[Chhattisgarh]] - "36 forts". Originally many-towns land of Dasarana (ten cities), which over time changed to Dahala and, after the Muslim conquest as the region atrophied with no connections to the rest of India, reverted to forest and to tribal ways{{citation needed}}. The name ''Chhattisgarh'' preserves the memory of the many cities.
*[[Gujarat]] - Land of the "Gurjars", a "kshatriya" tribe or warrior-class.
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