[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.s8.1 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s8.1 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c8.s8.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s8.1) 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.† - [Previous: c8.s7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s7.11) - [Next: c8.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s8.2) - [Up: c8.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c8.s8.1) · Pramāṇa