[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.s4.50 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s4.50 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s4.50 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s4.50) With regard to the king's name, I think that the Greek Bassaro-naga may be identified with the Pali Majeri-ka-Nága of the ‘Mahâwanso.’\* Remembering the frequent interchange of the labials m and b, and that ka is an optional affix, the Greek Bassaro may be accepted as a tolerably close rendering of the Pali Majeri; and thus Ptolemy's Malanga would become the capital of the Nágas of Majerika. - [Previous: c8.s4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s4.49) - [Next: c8.s4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s4.51) - [Up: c8.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s4.50) · Pramāṇa