Anand Yang summarizes the regional variation in incidence of sati as follows: ..the practice was never generalized..but was confined to certain areas: in the north,..the Gangetic Valley, Punjab and Rajasthan; in the west, to the southern Konkan region; and in the south, to Madurai and Vijayanagar [REF].
The sati stone evidence from the time of the empire is regarded as relatively rare; only about 50 are clearly identified as such.