[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.s3.16 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.16 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.16 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.16) Ḍamila—Same as Kerala: the Malabar coast (Akitta-Jātaka in the Jātakas, IV, 150) or South Malabar (Burnell’s South Indian Palæography, p. 51). It is the Limurike of Ptolemy which, according to Dr. Caldwell, was a mistake for Damir-ike (see McCrindle’s Ptolemy, p. 49), “ike” in Tamil meaning a country. It was near Nāga-dvīpa or Ceylon, and a Ḍamila dynasty reigned there. Dhātusena (459-477 A. D.), defeated the foreign usurpers and restored the national dynasty (Mahāvaṃśa, ch. 38; S.B.E., X: Intr. XV). This shows that Ḍamila was close to Ceylon. - [Previous: c5.s3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.15) - [Next: c5.s3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.17) - [Up: c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.16) · Pramāṇa