[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) › c2.3 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c2.3 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.3) The \*Buddhist\* period, or Ancient Geography of India, would embrace the rise, extension, and decline of the Buddhist faith, from the era of Buddha, to the conquests of Mahmud of Ghazni, during the greater part of which time Buddhism was the dominant religion of the country. - [Previous: c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.2) - [Next: c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.4) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.3) · Pramāṇa