The Geography of the Puranas c22: Select Bibliography

The Geography of the Purāṇas c22

Language: English

c22.s1 (A) Texts, Translations and Commentaries — 2 parts
c22.s2 (B) General Works — 20 parts
c22.s3 Arab and Persian Geographical Works — 3 parts

Select Bibliography

(A) Texts, Translations and Commentaries

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Abbott, J. E., 'The Topographical List of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa,' *Indian Antiquary*, 1899. *Bhāgavata Purāṇa*, Bangabashi Office, Calcutta. *Bhaviṣya Purāṇa*, Bangabashi Office, Calcutta. *Brahma Purāṇa*, Bangabashi Office, Calcutta. *Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa*, Bangabashi Office, Calcutta. *Bṛhatsaṃhitā*, Bangabashi Office, Calcutta. Burnmoff, *Bhāgavata Purāṇa*, Tr. Paris. Dikshitar, V. R. R., (1) *Matsya Purāṇa: A Study*, Madras Univ. Publ.; (2) *Purāṇic Index*, Madras; (3) *Some Aspects of the Vāyu Purāṇa*, Madras Univ. Publications, Madras. Dutt, M. N., *Agni Purāṇa*, Tr. 1900. Dumont, P. E., *Kūrma Purāṇa*, Tr. (French). *Garuḍa Purāṇa*, Bangabashi Office, Calcutta. *Harivaṃśa*, Bangabashi Office, Calcutta. Hazra, R. C., The *Padma Purāṇa*, *Indian Culture*, Vol. 4, 1937-8, pp. 73-9. --, The *Liṅga Purāṇa*, *Indian Culture*, Vol. 4, 1937-8, pp. 415-33. *Kāvyamīmāṃsā* of Rājaśekhara, G.O.S. ed., Baroda. *Kūrma Purāṇa*, (1) Bangabashi Press, Calcutta; (2) RASB Calcutta; (3) Venkatesvara Press, Bombay. *Mahābhārata*, Bangabashi Press, Calcutta. *Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa*, (1) Ed. M. C. Pal, Calcutta; (2) RASB, Calcutta, 1862; (3) Bangabashi Office, Calcutta; (4) Venkateshwara Press, Bombay. *Matsya Purāṇa*, (1) Bangabashi Office, Calcutta; (2) Venkateswara Press, Bombay; (3) Anandasrama Press, Poona. Pargiter, F. E., *Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa*, Tr. Patil, D. R., *Cultural History from the Vāyu Purāṇa*, Poona, 1946. Pusalkar, A. D., *Studies in Epics and Purāṇas*, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay. *Rāmāyaṇa*, Nirnayasagara Press, Bombay. Sastri, A. K., *Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa*, Tr., Madras, 1888. Trivedi, H. V., 'Studies in Ancient Geography' (Topographical Contents of Agni Purāṇa), *Indian Historical Quarterly*, Vol. IX, 1933. --, 'Studies in Ancient Geography' (Topographical Contents of Vol. X, 1934, Markaṇḍeya Purāṇa). *Vāmana Purāṇa*, (1) M. C. Pal, Calcutta, 1893; (2) Venkateswara Press, Bombay. *Vāyu Purāṇa*, (1) Bangabashi Office, Calcutta; (2) RASB, Calcutta; (3) Venkateshvara Press, Bombay; (4) Anandasrama Press, Poona.

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Wilson, H. H., *Viṣṇu Purāṇa*, Tr. Wood Earnest & Subrahmanyam, *Garuda Purāṇa*, Tr., Panini Office, Allahabad.

(B) General Works

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Agrawala, V. S., *Pāṇinikālīna Bhārata*, Varanasi, 1955.

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*Asiatic Researches*, London: Vol. VII—‘On the Course of the Ganges through Bengal’ (R. H. Colebrooke); Vol. VIII—‘An Essay on the Sacred Isles on the West with other Essays connected with the Works’ (F. Wilford): Vol. IX— Vol. X— Vol. XIV—‘The Principal Peaks of the Himalayas’ (J. Hodgson and J. D. Herbert): Vol. XVI—‘Geography of Assam’ (J. B. Neufville).

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*Asiatic Society of Bengal, Journal of*, Calcutta. Vol. — ‘Geographical Notice of Tibet’ (Csoma de koros); Vol. IV — ‘The Course of the Narmada’ (Ouseley); Vol. XX — ‘The Rajmahal Hills’ (W. S. Sherwill); — ‘A Comparative Essay on the Ancient Geography of India’ (F. Wilford); Vol. XLVI — ‘The Kaimur Range’ (C. S. Bannerji); — — ‘Ancient dwellings and tribes in Baluchistan’ (E. Mockler); — — ‘Ancient Countries in Eastern India’ (F. E. Pargiter).

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Clark, W. E., ‘Sakadwipa and Svetadwipa’, *Journal of the American Oriental Society*, Vol. 39, 1919.

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Cunningham and Mazumdar, *Ancient Geography of India*, Calcutta, 1924.

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Dey, N. L., *Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval India*, Luzac, London.

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Dhyanchand, ‘Ancient Hindu Geography’, *Educational Review*, Vol. XXIX, 5, 7 & 8.

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Holdich, T., *The Gates of India*, London, 1910.

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*Indian Antiquary*: 1874 — ‘Geography of Ibn Battuta’s Travels in India’ (H. Yule); 1885 — ‘On the Identification of Places in Sanskrit Geography of India’ (J. Burgess); 1893 — ‘The Topographical List of the Brihat-Samhita’ (J. F. Fleet); 1899 — ‘The Topographical List of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa’ (J. E. Abbott); 1919-1921 — ‘Contributions to the Study of the Ancient Geography of India’ (S. N. Majumdar); 1921 — ‘The Early Course of the Ganges’ (N. L. Day);

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1923—‘Geographical Position of Certain Places in India’; 1924—‘History of Important Ancient Towns and Cities of Gujerat and Kathiawad’ (A. S. Altekar); 1932—‘The River Course of the Punjab and Sind’ (R. B. Whitehead).

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*Indian Culture*, Vol. I, No. 2, ‘The Geography of Kautelya’ (H. V. Trivedi); No. 3, ‘Yavanas in Early Indian Inscriptions’ (A. Stein); No. 4, ‘Geographical Data of the Dekkan and South India as gathered from the Rāmāyaṇa’ (V. R. R. Dikshitar). Vol. II, No. 1, ‘Chandradwipa’ (N. N. Das Gupta).

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*Indian Historical Quarterly*: Vol. IV, ‘The Study of Ancient Indian Geography’ (H. C. Ray Chaudhri); ‘The Study of Ancient Geography’ (H. V. Trivedi); ‘Eastern India and Aryavarta’ (H. C. Chakladar); Vol. V, ‘The Karoura of Ptolemy’ (K. V. K. Ayyar); Vol. VII, ‘Topography in the Puranas’ (S. B. Chaudhry); ‘Identification of Brahmottra’ (K. M. Gupta); Vol. VIII, ‘Some Janpadas of Ancient Radha’ (P. C. Sen); Vol. IX, ‘Pundravardhana—Its Site’ (P. C. Sen); Vol. X, ‘The Study in Ancient Geography’ (H. V. Trivedi); Vol. XXVII, ‘Text of the Purāṇic List of Rivers’ (D. C. Sircar).

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Jayachandra, *Bhārata Bhūmi aur uske Nivāsi*, Allahabad, 1930. — *Bhāratiya Itihās Ki Rūparekhā*, 2 volumes, Allahabad, 1933. Kirfel, Prof. W., *Die Kosmographie der Inder*, Leipzig, 1920. Law, B. C., *Tribes of Ancient India*. Law, B. C., ‘Holy Places of India’, *Journ. Geog. Soc.*, Calcutta, 1940. — ‘Mountains of India and Rivers of India’, *Jour. Geog. Soc.*, Calcutta, 1944. — *Historical Geography of Ancient India*, Paris, 1954. — *Geographical Essays*, Luzac, London, 1937. McCrindle, J. W., *Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian*, Calcutta, 1926. — *The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea*, Calcutta, 1879. — *Ancient India as Described by Ptolemy*, Calcutta, 1885. — *Ancient India as Described by Ktesias and Knidian*, Calcutta, 1882. — *Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature*, Calcutta, 1901.

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*Mythical Society, Quarterly Journal of* (Bangalore): Vol. XV, Nos. 1 & 2, ‘The Seven Dwipas of the Purāṇas’ (V. V. Ayyar). Vol. XVI, Nos. 2 & 4, “ ” Vol. XVII, Nos. 1 & 2, “ ”

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Pargiter, Ancient Indian Historical Traditions. Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Trans, W. H. Schoff. Przyluski, Jean, Names of Indian Towns in the Geography of Ptolemy. Bull de la Societe de Linguistique. — ‘Un ancien peuple du Punjab’, Journal Asiatique, 1926. Renou, L., La geographie de Ptolemee l’Inde, Paris, 1925.

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Royal Asiatic Society, Journal of the: 1894 — ‘Geography of Rama’s Exile’ (F. E. Pargiter); 1898 — ‘The Geography of the Kandahar Inscription’; 1902 — ‘Vaisali’ (V. A. Smith); 1903 — ‘Where was Malwa?’ (A. F. R. Hoernle); 1904 — ‘The Middle Country of Ancient India’ (T. W. Rhys David); 1912 — ‘The Kambojas’ (Grierson); 1916 — ‘Some Notes on the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea’ (J. Kennedy); 1917 — ‘Some River names in the Rigveda’ (M. A. Stein); 1918 — ‘Magadha and Videha’ (F. E. Pargiter); 1929 — ‘Two notes on the Ancient Geog. of India’ (J. Ph. Vogel).

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Sircar, D. C., Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India, Varanasi, 1960.

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Upadhyaya, B. S., Kalidasa Ka Bharata, Allahabad, 1958.

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Vivien de Saint Matin, Etude sur la Geographie Grecque et Latine de l’Inde, et en particulier sur l’Inde de Ptolemee.

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Warren, W. F., ‘Where was Sakadwipa in the Mythical World-View of India’, Journal of American Oriental Society, Vol. 40, 1920.

Arab and Persian Geographical Works

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(Containing references to India)

(A) Texts, Translations and Commentaries

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Abu’l-Fida, Taqwim al-Buldan. Geographie of Aboulfeda, Text ed. M. Reinaud and M. de Slane, Paris, 1840.

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Abu Zayd, Silsilat al-Tawarikh. Relation des voyages faits par les Arabes et les Persans, dans l’Inde et a la Chine, etc. Text, tr. and notes by Langles and Reinaud, 2 vols. Paris, 1845.

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— Anciennes relations des Indes et de la Chine, de deux voyageurs mahometans qui y allerent dans le IX siecle de notre ere (Abbe Renaudot) 55.

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Amin Ahmad Razi, Haft Iqlim, Vol. I, ed. E. Denison Ross and others, Calcutta, 1939.

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Al-Biruni, Alberuni’s India, tr. and annotations by E. C. Sachau, London, 1910. 2 Vols.

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— Biruni's Picture of the World, ed. A. Zeki Validi Togan, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 53. Buzurg Ibn Shahrivar, Kitab 'Aja'ib al-Hind, Le livres des marveilles de l'Inde, text by P. A. van der Lith and tr. by L. M. Devic, Leiden, 1883-86. Ferrand, Gabriel, Relations de voyages et textes geographiques arabes, persans et turcs relatifs a l'Extreme-Orient, etc. 2 Vols. Paris, 1913, 1914. Gardizi, Gardizi on India by V. Minorsky, BSOAS, 1948, XII, 3 & 4. Hajji Khalifa, Jihannuma, Istanbul, 1145/1732. Hudud al-'Alam, (A Persian Geography of 982 A.D.) tr. and Commentary by V. Minorsky, GMS, N. S. XI, London, 1937. Ibn Battuta, Travels in Asia and Africa, H. A. R. Gibb, London, 1929. — Ibn Battuta on Sumatra and Java (Dulaurier, Paris). Al-Idrisi, India and the Neighbouring Territories as described by the Sharif al-Idrisi, ed. S. Maqbul Ahmad, Aligarh, 1954. Al-Qalaqashandi, An Arab Account of India in the 14th Century (translation of the chapters on India in Subh al-A'sha), by Otto Spies, M. U. Press, Aligarh. Sidi Ali Re'is, Al-Muhit. Extracts Published by M. de Hammer in JASB, III, 1834; Vol. V, 1836; Vol. VII and Vol. VIII, 1838. — The Travels and Adventures of the Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali Ra'is in India, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Persia during 1553-56, tr. by A. Vambery, London, 1899. Sulayman the Merchant, Voyage du marchand arabe Sulayman en Inde et en Chine, tr. G. Ferrand, Paris, 1922. Akhbar al-Sin wa'l-Hind, Relation de la Chine et de l'Inde, ed. and tr. by J. Sauvaget, Paris, 1948. Yaqui, Mu'jam al-Buldan, ed. F. Wustenfeld, Leipzig, 1866-78.

(B) General Works

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Abbe Duboi, Mems. des peuples de l'Inde, Paris. Ali, S. M., Arab Geography, Institute of Islamic Studies, Aligarh, 1959. Abul Fazl, Ain-i-Akbari, tr. Jarrett, Calcutta, 1949. Barthold, V. V., Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion, GMS, N.S.V., London, 1928 (see Chapter 1). Beazley, A. C., The Dawn of Modern Geography, 3 vols., London, 1900. Ferrand, G., L'Empire Sumatranais de Crivijaya, Journ. Asiat., 1922, Tome XX. — Relations des voyages et texts geographiques Arabes, Paris. Hastings, H., Memoires relatifs a l etat de l'Inde, Paris, 1788. Honigmann, E., Die sieben Klimata, Heidelberg, 1929.

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Le Strange, G., *The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate*, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1930.

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Maqbul Ahmad, S., *Al-Mas'udi's Contribution to Mediaeval Arab Geography in Islamic Culture*, vols XXVII, No. 2 and XXVIII, No. 1.

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Nainar, M. H., *Arab Geographer's Knowledge of Southern India*, Madras, 1942.

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Ouseley, M., *The Oriental Geography of Ibn-i-Haukal*, London, 1800.

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Raverty, H. G., *The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries*, Calcutta, 1892-97.

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Reinaud, M., *Fragments arabes et persans inedits sur l'Inde*.

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— *Memoire Geographique sur l'Inde*.

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Tozer, H. F., *A History of Ancient Geography*, Cambridge, 1935.

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