[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.s5.73 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.73 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.73 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.73) Govarāshṭra—Govarāshṭra is evidently a corruption of Goparāshṭra of the \*Mahābhārata\* (Bhīshma, ch. IX). It is the Kauba (Gova) of Ptolemy. See Goparāshṭra. The shrine of Sapta-Koṭiśvara Mahâdeva was established by the Sapta Ṛishis at Narvem in the island of Divar (Dīpavatī) on the north of Goa Island proper (\*Ind. Ant.\*, III, 194). - [Previous: c5.s5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.72) - [Next: c5.s5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.74) - [Up: c5.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.73) · Pramāṇa