[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871) › c11.23 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c11.23 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c11.23 - **Language:** English ### [c11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.23) I take the first of these \*kos\* to have been originally just one-half of the second, so that the two measures were parts of the same system. Thus Wilson states the value of the \*krośa\*, or \*kos\*, as either 4000 or 8000 cubits. The smaller \*kos\* must have been in use in Magadha in the time of Megasthenes,\[\*\] as he records that pillars were set up at every ten stadia along the royal road to mark the distances. Now 10 stadia are equal to 6066·72 feet, or just 4000 \*hastas\*, or cubits, which, according to the ‘Lalita Vistara,’ was the actual value of the \*kroṣa\* of Magadha. The longer measure of 8000 \*hastas\*, or cubits, is given by Bhâskara in the ‘Lilâvati,’ and by other native authorities. - [Previous: c11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.22) - [Next: c11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.24) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11) ## Linked texts (1) - [Līlāvaī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.prakrit.lilavai) — Kouhala, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.23) · Pramāṇa