Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India c17.1
Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India c17.1
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Afghân states, 151. *Afghanistan, or Opokien, 100. Agahat, or Aghat Sarai, an old city near Sankisa, 425. *Ahi-chhatra, or Ahi-kshetra, the capital of N. Pânchâla, 412; identified with Adikot, or Ahichhatra, near Râmnagar in Rohilkhand, 413; fort restored about two hundred years ago, by Ali Muhammad Khan, 416. Ajudhan, or Pâk-pattan, an ancient city in the Panjâb, 245, 251. *Ajudhya, the ancient capital of Oudh, 460. Akbar, ruins of an ancient city in the Panjâb, 243. Akrûreswara, now Aklesar, on the Narbada, opposite Bhâroch, 369. *Akshay-Bat, or Tree of Prayâg, 445. Alakappo, capital of a tribe of the Vrijis, 516. Albania in Panjâb, identified with Labania or the Sanskrit Lavana (salt), 181; famous for its fighting dogs, 181. Alexander—accounts of India, collected by, 1; siege of Aornos, 72, 73; passage of the Hydaspes, 183, 194. Alexandria Opiane, 25; same as Opiân, 26; ad Caucasum, 28. *Alor, capital of Upper Sindh, 294; chief city of the Musikani, 294.
* Amaravati, modern temple and town close to the ruins of Dharanikotta, 622. Ambakapi, the Amakatis of Ptolemy, in the Eastern Panjâb, 223. Amîn, or Abhimanyu-Khera, near Thânesar, 386.