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# The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.59

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.59

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### [c6.s3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s3.59)

the te—The Indras’ilâ hill, on the southern border of the district of Patna, ten miles to the south of Bihar (town), comprising the ancient Buddhist village called 1. Giriyek. 2. Ambajed Jarâsandha-kâ-Baiṭhak, which is a Dagoba or tope (stûpa), erected, according to Hiuen Tsiang, in honour of a Hamsa (goose). It is Fa Hian’s “Hill of the Isolated Rock.”

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