[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.s5.10 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s5.10 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s5.10 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.10) although it will diminish its area. If, however, Chuliya is to be identified with Chola, I would assign to it the modern district of Tanjor, extending from Sankeri-Drúg, near Salem on the north-west, to the mouth of the Káveri or Kolrún river, on the north-east, and from Dindigal, on the south-west, to Point Calimere on the south-east. This tract is about 120 miles in length, by 80 miles, or just 400 miles, in circuit. - [Previous: c8.s5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.9) - [Next: c8.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s6.1) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.10) · Pramāṇa