Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c9.3

c9.3

Ashkuman, 93 Asiani, equal to Yüe-chi according to Tarn, 16 Asii, a component of the Yüe-chi, 16; lords of Tochari, 23 aśmagarbha, a semi-precious stone, 57 aśmasāra, amethyst, 57; may be jadeite, 58 Aśoka, sent missions to foreign kings, 25, 70, 105 Assam, 57, 58, 71, 85, 112, 113 Asses, their distribution in Syria, Gobi, Balūchistān and Western India, 5 Astorias, 87 Aswan, 102 Atāri, identified by Cunningham as a city of the Brāhmaṇas, 32 Athenaeus, gives an account of drugs and presents sent to Seleucus; also an account of Bindusāra's embassy to Antiochus I, 25 Attalos, 80 Audambara, 90. See Audumbaras. Audras, the Oriyas Audumbara, 90. See Audumbaras. Audumbaras, their coins; their kings; their location; mentioned in Gaṇapātha, 88; the Vinaya of the Mūlasarvāstivādins mentions a trade-route through their country, 89; their prosperity; intermediaries of trade between the hills and the plains; special variety of cloth produced in their country, ib; Koṭumbara and Audumbara, 90; durvibhāga denoting probable connection with the Sālvas, ib; 96, 98; located in Paṭhānkoṭ region, 99 Aupamanyava, 33 aurṇam, woollen-cloth, 68 Aurnikas, dubbed as false rulers, 4 Auṣṇīṣas, a wandering tribe, 59 Austanes, 80 Avanti, 38 āvikam, lamb pelts, 69; Eastern Afghānistān famous for lamb pelts, ib. Ayodhyā, 68, 72 Azar-i-asp, a fire temple at Balkh, 91