[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) › c13.46 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.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. - [Previous: c13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.45) - [Next: c13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.47) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c13.46) · Pramāṇa