[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.s5.63 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.63 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.63 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.63) Gomukhī—According to Capt. Raper (\*Asiatic Researches\*, vol. XI, p. 506) and Major Thorn (\*Memoir of the War in India\*, p. 504), it is situated two miles beyond Gangotrī. It is a large rock called Cow's Mouth by the Hindus from its resemblance to the head and body of that animal. But see Fraser's \*Himala Mountains\*, p. 473. Go-mukhī is perhaps the Go-karṇa of the \*Rāmāyaṇa\*, I, 42. - [Previous: c5.s5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.62) - [Next: c5.s5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.64) - [Up: c5.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.63) · Pramāṇa