[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) › c8.s2.5 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s2.5 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s2.5 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s2.5) Amaravati is about the same distance from Rajamahendri, and Elichpur is 30 miles still further to the north. Chánda is therefore the only place of consequence that has a strong claim to be identified with the capital of Kosala in the seventh century. The recorded distance of 1800 or 1900 \*li\* from Rajamahendri is further supported by the subsequent distance of 1900 \*li\*, or 900 plus 1000 \*li\*, to Dhanaka-kata, which was almost certainly the same place as Dhárani-kota, or Amaravati, on the Kistna river. Now, the road distance of Chânda from Dhâranikota is 280 miles, or 1680 \*li\*, by the direct route; but as Hwen Thsang first proceeded for 900 \*li\* to the south-west, and then for 1000 \*li\* to the south, the direct distance between the two places would not have been more than 1700 \*li\*. - [Previous: c8.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s2.4) - [Next: c8.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s2.6) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s2.5) · Pramāṇa