The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.177

c5.s2.177

Bindhya-pada Parvata—The Satpura range from which rise the Tâptî and other rivers (Varâha P., ch. 85). It lies between the Nerbada and the Tâptî. It is the Mount Sardonys of Ptolemy containing mines of cornelian, Sardian being a species of cornelian (McCrindle's Ptolemy). On a spur of the Satpura range is a colossal rock-cut Jaina image of the Digambara sect called Bawangaj, about 73 feet in height on the Nerbada in the district of Burwani, about 100 miles from Indore (JASB., XVII, p. 918). See Sravana-Belgola.