[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.s5.7 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s5.7 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.7) Immediately under the walls of Karnúl, lies the old town of \*Zora\*, or \*Jora\*, the \*Jorampur\* of the maps, which answers exactly to the \*Choliya\* or \*Joriya\* of the pilgrim. The initial Chinese syllable seems to be very rarely used, but a similar letter is found in \*Kajugira\*, \*Jutinga\*, and \*Jyotishka\*, and I am satisfied that M. Julien’s reading of the character as \*ju\*, or \*jo\*, is correct. I am also inclined to identify Jora with Ptolemy’s \*Sora regia Arcati\*. In some editions the words are transposed, as \*Arcati regia Sora\*. But though the cart may be put before the horse, it is still the cart, and therefore, I take Sora to be the capital of King \*Arkatos\*, whether it be placed before or after his name. \*Arkatou\* has been usually identified with \*Arcot\*, near Madras; but the name of this city is believed to be quite modern, and the position of Sora must be far to the north of Arcot. The \*Soræ Nomades\* of Ptolemy may therefore be a branch of the \*Sauras\*, who are still located on the banks of the Kistna river. One hundred miles to the west-north-west of Karnúl, there is also a large town, named Sorapur, the Raja of which “still holds his patrimonial appanage, surrounded by his faithful tribe (\*Bédars\*), claiming a descent of more than thirty centuries.”\* - [Previous: c8.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.6) - [Next: c8.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.8) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s5.7) · Pramāṇa