The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.68

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Gondwana Hills—The hills of Gondwana were included in the ancient Riksha parvata Govardhan—1. Mount Govardhana, eighteen miles from Brindâban in the district of Mathurâ It is said to have been lifted by Krishna on his little finger 2 Govardhanapura of the Mârkaṇḍeya Purâṇa, a village near Nasik Great Desert—1 Marusthalî 2 Marusthala 3 Maru 4 Marubhûmi 5 Mârava, east of Sindh Gujrât—The district of Gujrât in the Panjab appertained to the ancient kingdom of Paurava Gumbatoi—Masura-vihâra in Buner, about twenty miles to the south west of Manglora, the ancient capital of Udyâna Gumti—1. The river Gomati 2 Vâsishṭhî in Oudh Guptâra—1 Gopratâra 2 Guptahari, on the bank of the Suaju at Fyzabad in Oudh, where Râmachandra is said to have died. Gurez—Daratpuri, the capital of Darada, on the north of Kasmi It may be identified with Urjagunda Gurpa-Hill—1. Gurupâda hill 2 Sobhnâth Peak of the Maher hill in Gayâ, where Mahâkâsyapa died See Kurkihar. Gurudâspur—The district of Gurudâspur was the ancient 1 Audumvara 2 Udumvara 3 Dahmeri, in the Panjab Same as Nurpur. Gutiva—Kshemavatî, the birth place of Buddha Karakuchanda in the Nepalese Terai Guzerat—1. Gurjjara 2 Saurâshṭra 3 Surâshṭra 4 Ânartta 5 Lâṭa. 6 Lâḍa or Lâla 7. Nâṭaka 8 Larike of Ptolemy The south eastern portion of Guzerat about the mouths of the Nerbuda was called Âbhîra, the Aberia of the Greeks In the seventh century, when Hmen Tsiang visited India, the southern parts of Rajputana and Malwa were known by the name of Gurjjara the modern peninsula of Guzerat being then known by the name of Saurâshṭra The Sah kings of Saurâshṭra from Nahapâna to Swâmi Rudra Sah reigned from 79 to 292 A D According to Fergusson the Saka era dates from the coronation of Nahapâna, who was a foreigner (Fergusson's History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, p 150) But the convention of the fourth Buddhist synod by Kanishka, who was a Kushan (included in the general name of Saka), was a more remarkable incident of the time than the coronation of king Nahapâna, as it concerned the religion of the whole of India But Dr. Bhau Daji says "I was strongly inclined to look upon Gautamiputra as the founder of the Sâlivâhana era, but the claims of Nahapâna appear to be much more probable" (Literary Remains of Dr Bhau Daji, p 85) Dr Bhagavânlâl Indraji is of opinion that the Saka era commencing 78 A D was inaugurated by Nahapâna to commemorate his victory over a Sâtakarṇi king, named in honour of his Saka overlord (The Western Kshatrapas in JRAS, 1890, p. 642) Gwalior—1 Gopâdri. 2 Gopichala 3 Gosringa parvata