Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c9.2

c9.2

Abhisāra, identified with Chibhāl, 37. Afghānistān, 2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 37, 66, 67, 81, 87, 91. Agrodaka, identified with Agrohā; on trade route from Takṣaśilā to Mathurā, 89. Agrohā, 64. aidān, woollen-cloth, 36 Aimāks, wandering tribes of Central Afghānistān, 88. See also Vaiyamakas ajina, deer-skin, 36. akārāpasam vastram, not cotton-cloth, 69 Alai Range, 80 Alexander of Epirus, a mission sent to him by Aśoka, 25 Alexandrovsky Range, 15. Al-Jurqan, a mountain chain, 103 Alketas, 80 Ambaṣṭhas, an eponymous king mentioned in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa; identified with Abastonoi or Sambastai; in the Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra mentioned with Kāśmīras, Hūṇas and Sindhus; probably settled on Lower Chenab, 101 Amethyst, its sources, 57 Amoghabhūti, a Kuṇinda king, 78 Andarāb, a river in Afghānistān, 12 Anartta, 105 Amboh, 40 Andhras, dubbed as false rulers, 4, 24, 77 Aṅga, located in Bhāgalpur District, Bihār, 109, 113 Antākhī, identified with Antioch, 24 Antigonus, a mission sent to him by Aśoka, 25 Antioch, 24; a city founded by Seleucus in Syria, 25. See Antākhī. Antiochus I, friendly relations with the Mauryas, 25 Antiochus II, a mission sent to him by Aśoka, 25 Antiochus III, meets the Mauryan Prince Sophagasenus, 25 Antiochus IV, no direct connection with India, 26 Aparānta, not Konkan but north-western tribal-land, 70-71; products; felts, skins and good weapons, 70 Apollodotus, laid seige to Madhyamikā, 28 Arabii, their country a part of India; their home on river Porāli in Baluchistān, 51 Arabios River, identified with modern Porāli, 51. See Arabii. Arachosia (Kandhār), 21; ceded by Seleucus to Chandragupta Maurya, 24, 66 Arasces, 37 Araṭṭas, 47 ardhanārāca, a kind of, arrow forming present from the people of Eastern India, 74 Aria (Herat), a part ceded to Chandragupta Maurya, 24, 66, 91 Ariana, 91 Arius, 17 Arjuna, his conquest of north, 8, 9; his conquest divisible in several parts, 11; 12, 13, 19, 48, 77 Arodas, 65 Aromatic woods, Assam their source, 85. See also Kiratas. Ārśī kānta, the language of the Sakas, 14 'Arvāṭī, a pearl exporting country, 118 āsana, chairs, 73