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The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s8: T

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s8

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Tâharpur—Tâharpur or Tâerpur, in the district of Bulandshahar, about eleven miles to the north of Anupshahar, on the bank of the Ganges, is traditionally the place where Janamejaya of the Mahâbhârata performed the Sarpa-Yajña or the snake-sacrifice.

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Tallaṅga—Same as Nizam's State.

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Takht-i-Bhai—Bhîmâ-sthâna of the Mahâbhârata and Padma Purâṇa, about thirty miles north-west of Ohind in the Panjab, twenty-eight miles to the north-east of Peshawar and eight miles to the north-west of Mardan, containing the Yoni-tîrtha and the celebrated temple of Bhîmâ Devî described by Hiuen Tsiang, the temple was situated on an isolated mountain.

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Takht-i-Suleiman—1. Mount Śaṅkarâchârya. 2. Gopâdri, near Srinagar in Kasmir, where Aśoka's son Kunâla or Jaloka founded a monastery now called Jyeshṭha Rudra, and where the celebrated reformer Śaṅkarâchârya established Śiva worship.

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Talkâḍ—1. Talakâḍa. 2. Śirovana. 3. Talavanapura. 4. Tâlikaṭa, the capital of ancient Chela or Chera, forty miles to the east of Seringapatam in Mysore, now buried in the sands of the Kâverî.

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Tâmbaravarî—The river Tâmraparṇî in Tinnevelly, which has been formed by the united stream of the Tâmbaravarî and the Chittar. It was celebrated for the pearl-fishery at its mouth even at the time of the Vâyu Purâṇa. Âmalitalâ, a celebrated place of pilgrimage, where the birth-place of Saṭhakopa as also the Gajendra-moksha-tîrtha both visited by Chaitanya are situated, is on the bank of this river. It has its source in the mountain called Agastî-kûṭa.

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Tamluk—1. Tâmralipta. 2. Tâmralipti. 3. Dâmalipta. 4. Tâmalipta. 5. Tâmalipti. 6. Tamâlikâ. 7. Tamâlinî. 8. Tamolipta. 9. Vishṇugṛiha, on the river Rupanârâyaṇa in the province of Bengal. It was the capital of ancient Sumha.

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Tâmor—The Tâmrâ, one of the seven Kośis, in the district of Purnea in Bihar. Its junction with the Aruṇa is a place of pilgrimage.

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Taṇḍwa—Nine miles to the west of Śrâvastî (Sahet-mahet); it has been identified by Cunningham (Arch. S. Rep., vol. XI) with the birth-place of Kâśyapa Buddha.

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Tanjore—Choḷa.

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Tâpî—1. The river Tâpî. 2. The Tapanî. 3. The Tâptî. 4. The Mûlatâpî.

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Tarnetar—Same as Than.

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Tartary—1. Rasâtala. 2. Pâtâla of the Purâṇas, the country of the Huns. 3. Taittirî. 4. Sâkadvîpa.

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Tatta—In Sindh. It has been identified by Tod with Devala; Cunningham identifies it with Minnagar.

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Telingana—The country between the Godâvarî and the Kṛishṇâ: 1. Andhra. 2. Trikaliṅga.

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Telpâ—Two miles to the east of Chupra in the district of Saran. It has been identified by Dr. Hoey with Châpâla which according to the Buddhist annals was built for the mother of the thousand sons.

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Tenasserim—1. Tanuśrî. 2. Tenasseri, the southern division of the province of Lower Burma.

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Teor—1. Traipura of the *Mahâbhârata*. 2. Tripurî. 3. Chedinagara. 4. Bânapura. 5. Śoṇitapura, according to some *Purâṇas*, on the river Nerbuda, where Tripurâsura was killed by Mahâdeva. It is seven miles to the west of Jabbalpur. It was the capital of Chedi. See Chanderi.

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Teruparur—Suddhapurî, in the Trichinopoli district, containing the temple of Subrahmaṇya.

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Thân—Trinetreśvara of the *Skanda Purâṇa*, a sacred place of pilgrimage in the Jhâlâwar sub-division of Kâṭhiâwar (Gujarat), where the temple of Mahâdeva Trinetreśvara, now called Tarnetar, is situated.

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Thâna—Śrî-sthânaka, in the province of Bombay.

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Thâneśvar—1. Sthâneśvara. 2. Sthânu-tîrtha. 3. Sthânîśvara. 4. Samantapañchaka. 5. Kurukshetra. 6. Part of the Brahmarshi-deśa, which comprised Kurukshetra, Matsya, Pañchâla and Śurasena. 7. Brahmâvartta. The ancient Kurukshetra included Thâneswar, Pânipat, Sonepat and Âmin.

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Thatun—Sudharmanagara, in Pegu, on the Sitang river north of Martaban. According to Fergusson it was the Suvarṇa-bhûmi of the *Mahâvaṃsa* and the Golden Chersonese of the classical geographers. Beal, however, identifies Suvarṇabhûmi with Burma.

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Tibet—1. Himavanta. 2. Bhoṭa. 3. Bhoṭâṅga. 4. Bhoṭânta. 5. Tibbat. 6. Uttara-kuru. 7. Harivarsha.

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Tigris—The river Biṭrishṇâ in Śâlmala-dvîpa.

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Tilaura—It has been identified by P. C. Mukherji with Kapilavastu, the birth-place of Buddha. It is two miles north of Tauliva in the Nepalese Terai and three miles and a half to the south-west of Nigliva, on the Bâṅgaṅgâ.

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Tillyâ—The river Ṭṛitiyâ in Gayâ.

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Tilpat—Tilaprastha, six miles to the south-east of Toghlakabad and ten miles to the south-east of the Kutab Minar, included in parganah Faridabad.

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Tinnevelly—The district of Tinnevelly and Madura formed the ancient Pâṇḍya or Pâṇḍu.

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Tonse—I. The river Tamasâ, in Oudh, between the Saraju and the Gumti, it flows through Azamgar and falls into the Ganges. The bank of this river is associated with the early life of Vâlmiki, the author of the Râmâyana. II. The river 1. Tamasâ. 2. Parnâsâ, in Bundelkhand. Travancore—1. Mushika. 2. Mallâra. 3. Malaya-khandam. 4. Purâli. 5. Paralía of the Greeks. 6. Paraloka. 7. Malayâlam. It formed a part of the ancient Chera or Chela. Travancore, part of Malabar, and Coimbatore formed the ancient country of Chera.

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Tribikramapura—1. Siâlî. 2. Siyâli. 3. Srikali, in the district of Tanjore, Madras Presidency, twelve miles south of Chidambaram.

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Trichinopoly—1. Urapapura. 2. Uraiyur. 3. Argarou of the Greeks. 4. Nichulapura. 5. Trishnapalli. 6. Trisirapalli, in the province of Madras. It was the capital of Pândya and afterwards of Chola.

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Trimbak—A celebrated place of pilgrimage called Tryambaka near the source of the Godâvarî, where the sacred tank called Kusâvartta is situated. It contains the temple of the Mahâdeva Tryambakesvara, one of the twelve great Lingas of Mahâdeva.

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Trinomali—Same as Tiruvannâmalai.

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Tripati—Same as Tirupati.

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Tripooray—Tropina of the Greeks, the ancient capital of the kings of Cochin.

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Trivandrum—Ananta-Padmanâbha, in Travancore, so called from the shrine of Padmanâbha. It was visited by Chaitanya.

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Triveni—I. 1. Muktavenî. 2. Dakshina-Prayâga, north of Hugli in Bengal, where the three rivers Gangâ, Yamunâ and Sarasvatî separate and flow in different directions after having flowed unitedly from Allahabad, which is therefore called Yuktavenî. II. The junction of the three rivers Jamuna, Chambal and Sindh, between Etawah and Kalpi. III. The junction of the three Kosis, Tâmor, Arun and Sun near Nâthpur in Purnea. IV. The junction of the Gandak, Devikâ and Brahmaputrî, where the fight between the crocodile and the elephant took place. V. The confluence of three rivers Sarasvatî, Hiranya and Kapilâ near Somanâtha-pattana in Gujarat.

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Tuljâpur—1. Tuljâbhavânî. 2. Bhavâninagara. 3. Tula-Bhavâninagara. 4. Tuljâpura, twenty-eight miles from Sholapur, in the Nizam's territory. It is one of the fifty-two Pîthas. It was visited by Sankarâchârya. Durgâ is said to have killed Mahishâsura at this place.

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Tungabhadra—1. The river Tungabhadra. 2. The Tungavenî, a branch of the Krishnâ, on which Kishkindhyâ is situated.

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Turkestan—Turkestan was included in 1. Sâkadvîpa. 2. Rasâtala. 3. Pâtala. See Central Asia. Eastern Turkestan was Turushka. It was included in the Ketumâlâ-varsha.

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Tuticorin—1. Kalki. 2. Kolkhoi or Sosikauri of Ptolemy. 3. Kael of Marco Polo, at the mouth of the river Tâmraparnî in Tinnevelli. It was formerly the capital of Pândya.

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Uchch—Alexandria, a town built by Alexander the Great near the confluence of the five rivers of the Punjab.

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Udayâ-Giri—A spur of the Chatushpîtha range in Orissa, five miles from Bhuvaneśvara. See Assia range.

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Udayapur—I. In Hill Tippera; it is one of the fifty-two Pîthas. II. The Panchâpsarâ lake of the Râmâyana is supposed to have been situated in the district of Udayapur, a tributary state in the Chhota-Nagpur division, but see Anantapur.

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Udipa—Udupa, on the river Pâpanâsinî, in South Canara, about three miles from the sea-coast, where a Math (monastery) and a shrine of Krishna were established in the thirteenth century by Mâdhavâchârya, the founder of the Brahma or Tattvavâdî sect of the Vaishnavas.

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Ujin—Same as Oujein. 1. Ujjainî. 2. Avanti. 3. Biśâlâ. 4. Ujjayinî. 5. Mahâkâlavana. 6. Kuśasthali. 7. Padmâvatî, the capital of Avanti or Malwa. It is situated on the river Śiprâ. Vikramâditya or Chandra Gupta II made it his capital after he defeated the Śakas.

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Und—Same as Ohind.

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Undes—1. Hunadeśa. 2. Hâtaka, where the lake Mânasa-sarovara is situated.

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Urain—1. Ujjayinî. 2. Ujjehâna. 3. Uḍḍiyâna, in the district of Monghyr near Kiyul, containing many Buddhist ruins.

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Urî—The river Eraṇḍî, the junction of which with the Nerbuda in the Baroda State forms a sacred place of pilgrimage.

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Uskur—Hushkapura, two miles to the south-east of Barâmûla, in Kasmir, on the left bank of the Jhelum.

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Uttara Râḍha—Suhmottara, on the north of the Ajaya including a portion of the district of Murshidabad in Bengal.

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