The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c13.61

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Sailagiri, the famous Gridhrakuta, or ‘Vulture’s Peak,’ near Rajagriha. Sairindhas, the people of Sirindha, or Sarhind, 146. Sâkala, or Sangala in the Panjâb, now Sânglawâla Tiba, 180; Shekie-lo of Hwen Thsang, 180; description of hill and ruins, 182; Brahmanical accounts of Sâkala, 184; Buddhist accounts of Sâgal, capital of Raja Milinda, 186; subject to Raja Mihirkul, 187; classical notices of Sangala, 187. Sâketa, or Ajudhya, the ancient capital of Oudh, 401, 405. Sâlâtura, or So-lo-tu-lo, birthplace of Pânini, identified with Lahor, near Ohind, 57. Salt Range of Mountains, 157; Mons Oromenus of Pliny, and the Sanskrit Raumaka, 157. Samatata, or the Gangetic Delta, 501. Sambracæ, or Sabracæ, or Sambastæ, a people at the junction of the Panjâb rivers, 244; probably the same as the Yandheyas, or Johiya Rajputs, 245. Sankisa, or Kapitha, an old city in the Gangetic Doâb, 369. Sara-kupa, or the Arrow Fountain, 419; identified with Sarwanpur, 420. Sarana stupa, or ‘Asylum Tope,’ at Chapra in Sâran, 441. Saraswati, or Sarsuti, river, 331, 333. Sarhind, old city, 145. Satadru, province, 144. Satgarha, an ancient city in the Panjâb, 212. Sattagudai of Herodotus, the same as Thatagush of Darius, 26. Sattapanni, or Srotaparni, cave at Rajagriha, 463. Saumya, one of the Nine Divisions of India, 6. Sauvira, district in W. India, 6. Sauvira, or Sophir, 497. Savaras, or Suars, 509; the Suari of Pliny, and Sabaræ of Ptolemy, 509. Sehwân, the ancient Sindomana, 264. Shorkot, province of the Panjâb, 203; city, capital of the province, 205; perhaps Alexandria Soriane, 206. Sindh, or the valley of the Lower Indus, 248; Siro, or Upper, capital Alor, 249; Vichalo, or Middle, capital Brahmanabad, 262; Lâr, or Lower, capital Patala, 277. Sindhu, district in W. India, 6. Sindomana, or Schwân, 263; capital of Sambus, 263. Singhapura, identified with Ketâs, 124. Si-pi-to-fa-la-sse of Chinese, 26. Sîr-kap-ka-kot, part of Taxila, 111, 117. Sîr-suk-ka-kot, part of Taxila, 111, 115.