Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.304
Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.304
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c10.304
Ṛkṣavat.—Ṛkṣavat is the ancient name of the modern Vindhya mountain. It is called by Ptolemy Ouxenton. Ptolemy describes this mountain as the source of the Toundis, the Dosāran and the Adamas. According to Ptolemy, the Dosāran is said to have issued from the Ṛkṣa. By the Ṛkṣa he meant the central region of the modern Vindhya range north of the Narmada (Law, Mountains of India, p. 17).