[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.s7.8 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s7.8 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s7.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.8) Hwen Thsang’s omission of any mention of \*Chola\* may be explained by the fact that at the time of his visit the \*Chola-desa\* formed part of the great kingdom of the \*Cheras\*. \*Chola\* is, however, duly noticed by Ptolemy, whose \*Orthura regia Sornati\* must be \*Uriúr\* the capital of \*Soranátha\*, or the king of the \*Soringæ\*, that is the \*Soras\*, \*Choras\* or \*Cholas\*. \*Uriúr\* is a few miles to the south-south-east of Trichinopoli. The \*Soringæ\* are most probably the \*Syrieni\* of Pliny with their three hundred cities, as they occupied the coast between the \*Pandæ\* and the \*Derangæ\* or Dravidians. - [Previous: c8.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.7) - [Next: c8.s7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.9) - [Up: c8.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Uṟaiyūr](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.uraiyur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.8) · Pramāṇa