Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c9.85

c9.85

Tachoroi, placed in Sogdiana, 23. See Tukhāras Tadzhik Republic (Soviet Russia), the place of the Lohas and Kambojas, 19 Tagouraioi, placed near Issyk-kul, 22. See Tukhāras. Taimanis, a constituent tribe of the Chahār Aimāks, 87. See Vaiyamakas Tājiks, people of Iranian descent, 80 Takoraioi, placed in the north of Imaos, 23. See Tukhāras Takṣaśilā, from here a trade route started for Mathurā, 89 Ta-la-kan, 103. See Tārkṣyas. Tamālini, 111. See Tāmralipta Tambyzoi, same as Kāmbojas, 38 Tāmluk, 111. See Tāmralipti. Tāmra, an island in Western India; probable identification with Cambay, 111 Tāmradvīpa, perhaps Cambay, 60 Tāmralipta, variously spelt; a port on the Bay of Bengal; identified with modern Tāmluk, 111 Tāmralipti, 111. See Tāmralipta Taṅgaṇas, mentioned with Kirātas and Kuṇindas; also mentioned as western people and linked with Jāguḍas, Ramathas and Strirājya; skilled in slinging stones, 79; occupied the regions along the eastern bank of the Upper Ganges and Upper Saryu, ib.; trade methods, Appendix II. Tan-mo-li-ti, the Chinese transcription of Tāmralipti, 111 Tapuria, 17 Tarakzais, 104. See Tārkṣyas. Tārkṣyas, in Vedic literature meaning horse or bird; in epic identified as Garuḍa, 101; synonym of emerald, 102; their country identified with Ta-la-kan of Yuan-chwang; other identifications, 103; modern representatives Tarakki or Tarakzais, a class of Mohmands, 104 Tarim basin, 15, 22, 80 Tashkent, 21 Ta-Yuan (Ferghana), 22; refused to send horses to China, 73; forced by a Chinese general to do so, ib. Ta Yüe-chi, the Great Yüe-chi, 15, 20