[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s2.69 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.69 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.69 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.69) Basati—The country of the Basatis or Besatae, a Tibeto-Burman tribe, living about the modern Gangtok near the eastern border of Tibet (Mbh., Sabhā, ch. 51; Mr. W.H. Schoff's Periplus, p. 279). McCrindle, on the authority of Hemachandra's Abhidhāna, places it between the Indus and the Jhelum (Invasion of India, p. 156 note). It comprised the district of Rawalpindi. - [Previous: c5.s2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.68) - [Next: c5.s2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.70) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.2.51) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.69) · Pramāṇa