Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.283

c6.283

The Maināk mountain was a part of the great Himalayan range. It was near Kailāsa.¹¹ In the Himalayan region there also existed a mountain called the Daddara.¹² In it there were four ranges of mountains with a forest and a natural lake.¹³ Near the Himalaya there was another mountain called the Dhammaka where a hermitage was built with a cottage for the first Buddha Dīpaṃkara.¹⁴ By the side of the Himalayas a mountain named Caṇḍagiri stood and close by there was a great forest.¹⁵