[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.s7.9 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s7.9 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s7.9 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.9) According to M. Julien\* \*Malayakuṭa\* was also called \*Chi-mo-lo\*, which I read as \*Jhi-mu-ra\*, because the initial syllable is the same as the second syllable of \*Chi-chi-to\*, or \*Jajhoti\*. \*Jhimura\* is perhaps only a variant form of the \*Limurike\* of Strabo, Ptolemy, and Arrian, and of the \*Damirice\* of the Peutingerian Tables. It would also appear to be the same name as Pliny’s \*Charmæ\*, a people who occupied the western coast immediately above the \*Pandæ\*. - [Previous: c8.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.8) - [Next: c8.s7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.10) - [Up: c8.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.9) · Pramāṇa