[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › Geography of Early Buddhism # Geography of Early Buddhism Majjhimadesa and the frontier lands, the 16 mahājanapadas, cities, rivers, mountains and peoples as named in the Pāli canon and commentaries. - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1892–1969 CE - **Author:** [Bimala Churn Law](https://indike.org/pramana/person/law-bc) - **Extent:** 640 passages, 32,816 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · London: Kegan Paul 1932; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · In copyright (B. C. Law †1969); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that copy,… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c1) — 8 parts - [c2 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c2) — 3 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c3) — 4 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c4) — 15 parts - [c5 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c5) — 1 part - [c6 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c6) — 31 parts - [c7 Chapter I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c7) — 74 parts - [c8 Chapter II: The Uttarāpatha or Northern India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c8) — 42 parts - [c9 Chapter III: Aparāntaka or Western India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c9) — 18 parts - [c10 Chapter IV: Dakkhiṇāpatha or the Deccan and the Far South](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c10) — 62 parts - [c11 Chapter V: Prācya or the Eastern Country](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c11) — 7 parts - [c12 Chapter VI: Ceylon, Burma and Other Foreign Countries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c12) — 84 parts - [c13 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932.c13) — 35 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1932) · Pramāṇa