[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) › c6.s8.23 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s8.23 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s8.23 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s8.23) 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. - [Previous: c6.s8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s8.22) - [Next: c6.s8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s8.24) - [Up: c6.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s8.23) · Pramāṇa