[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) › c9.8 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c9.8 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c9.8 - **Language:** English ### [c9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c9.8) ∗ ‘Ceylon,’ i. 567. He identifies the \*γαυδία\* with the \*gaou\* now in use, which is “the distance that a man can walk in an hour.” But how about the word \*hour\*, which has a strong European smack about it? Was not the original \*gaou\* the distance that a man could walk in 1 \*ghari\*, or 24 minutes, the well-known Indian division of time? If so, the length of the \*gaou\*, at 3 miles to the hour, would be 1·2 miles, which agrees very closely with the actual length of the \*gao-kos\*, as noted above. The \*gaou\* is valued by Wilson at 4 \*kos\* ; \*vide\* his \*Glossary\* in \*voce\*. - [Previous: c9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c9.7) - [Next: c9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c9.9) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c9.8) · Pramāṇa