The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s8.1

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From *Malayakuṭa* the pilgrim returned to *Dráviḍa* (Conjeveram), and then proceeded to the north-west for 2000 *li*, or 333 miles, to *Kong-kien-na-pu-lo*, or *Konkanapura*.* Both the bearing and distance point to *Annagundi* on the northern bank of the *Túngabhadra* river, which was the ancient capital of the country before the Muhammadan invasion. M. Vivien de Saint-Martin has suggested the old town of *Banawási*, which is mentioned by Ptolemy as *Banauasei*. But the distance is rather too great, and the subsequent bearing to the capital of *Maháráshtra* would be almost due north instead of north-west as stated by the pilgrim. *Annagundi* is a remarkable old site, and was the capital of a *Yádava* dynasty of princes before the foundation of the modern city of *Vijayanagar* on the southern bank of the river.†