Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.367

c6.367

*Kaṇhagiri*.—This is same as Kṛṣṇagiri mountain (Kanheri) (Luders’ List, No. 1123). It is the Karakorum or the Black mountain (*Vāyu Purāṇa*, Ch. 36). This mountain is continuous with the Hindu Kush on the west. According to modern geographers the Karakorum mountain was uplifted earlier, and is hence older than the Himalayan proper. This mountain is of Hercynian age, and got considerably folded and faulted subsequent to its uplift (B. C. Law, *Mountains of India*, pp. 4, 7)