The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c13.46
The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c13.46
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c13.46
INDIA.—Northern India, 12, 15, 17; Western, 12, 248; Central, 12, 327; Eastern, 12, 499; Southern, 12, 515; eighty kingdoms in seventh century, 13; political divisions in seventh century, 13; western boundary sometimes extended beyond the Indus, 15; size and shape, according to Patrokles, 2; Eratosthenes, 2; Pliny, 2; shape and divisions, according to Mahâbhârata, 5; nine divisions of astronomers, 5; five divisions of Purâṇas, 7; of Chinese, 10; Chinese names of India, 9; shape and dimensions of India, according to Chinese, 11; one of nine divisions of India, 7. Indra-sila-guha, a famous cave in the Giryek mountain, 471. Indus river, changes in its course, 251; ancient course past Alor, 258; delta of the Indus, 283.