[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) › c2.6 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c2.6 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c2.6 - **Language:** English ### [c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.6) The second, or Ancient period, has been partially illustrated by H. H. Wilson, in his ‘Ariana Antiqua,’ and by Professor Lassen, in his ‘Pentapotamia Indica.’ These works, however, refer only to North-west India; but the Geography of the whole country has been ably discussed by Professor Lassen, in his large work on Ancient India,† and still more fully by M. de Saint-Martin, in two special essays,—the one on the Geography of India, as derived from Greek and Latin sources, and the other in an Appendix to M. Julien’s translation of the Life and Travels of the Chinese pilgrim Hwen Thsang.‡ His researches have been conducted with so much care and success that few places have escaped identification. But so keen is his critical sagacity, that in some cases where the imperfection of our maps rendered actual identification quite impossible, he has indicated the true positions within a few miles. - [Previous: c2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.5) - [Next: c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.7) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c2.6) · Pramāṇa