[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) › c5.s2.t4.4 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s2.t4.4 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s2.t4.4 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.t4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t4.4) ∗ 'Cabul,' i. 106. Stûpa is the Sanskrit term for a mound or barrow, either of masonry or of earth; see Colebroke, 'Amara Kosha,' in voce. The Pâli form is Thûpo; see Turnour 'Mahâwanso,' and also Thûpa, or Thúva, in the early Arian inscriptions from the Punjâb. The term now used is Thûp for a tolerably perfect building, and Thûpi for a ruined mound. It is, therefore, very much to be regretted that we should have adopted the word Tope, which preserves neither the spelling nor the pronunciation of the native word. - [Previous: c5.s2.t4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t4.3) - [Next: c5.s2.t4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t4.5) - [Up: c5.s2.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t4.4) · Pramāṇa