Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c29.128

c29.128

Varuṇaprastha, *a Tantrik Division of India*, 73, 80-81, 107-08 Varva, *people*, 62 note Varvara, *country and people*, 71, 79-80, 106, 108, 260 Varvara, *people*, 21 note, 25 and note, 60 and note Vasāti, *people*, 61 and note Vasco da Gama, *Portuguese sailor*, 250 Vāsika, Vāsikya, *people*, 32 note Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa, *holy pool*, 220 Vasu, *river*, 48 note Vasumitra, *person*, 217 Vāsudeva, *king*, 169 Vasumatī, *‘earth’*, 163 Vasundharā, *princess*, 150 Vaśyatā, *river*, 51 note Vāṭadhāna, *people*, 23 and note Vatsa, *people*, 22 note, 63 note Vatsagulma, *city*, 151, 153-54, 157-59 Vatsarāja, *king*, 161 Vātsiya, *people*, 33 note Vātsyāyana, *author*, 83, 193 note Vāyi-grāmaka, *hamlet*, 218 Vāyu Purāṇa, *work*, 3 note, 5 note, 9 note, 17-20, 21 and note, 22 note, 23 note, 24 note, 25 note, 26 note, 27 note, 28 note, 29 note, 30 note, 31 note, 32 note, 33 note, 34 note, 35 note, 36, note, 37 note, 39 and note, 40 note, 41 note, 42 note, 43 note, 45 note, 46 note, 47 note, 48 note, 49 note, 50 note, 51 note, 52 note, 53 note, 54 note, 55 note, 57 note, 58 note, 59 note, 60 note, 61 note, 62 note, 63 note, 64 note, 65 note, 66 note, 67 note, 135, 157, 188, 226 note, 227 and note Veda, *work*, 230 Vedabho, *Prakrit form of Vaidarbha, people*, 19, 30 note Vedadhāra, *holy spot*, 219 Vedaratā, *river*, 45 Vedāsini, Vidāsini, *river*, 43 note Vedasmṛti, *river*, 43 note, 45 and note, 55 and note, 57 note Vedavatī, *river*, 45 and note Vedic literature, 8 Vedic period, 40 note Vedisa, *same as Vaidiśa, town*, 206-07, 213 Vegapura, *same as Mūltān, city*, 44 velākūla, *‘harbour’*, 201 Velāpur, *locality*, 159 Vellore, *locality*, 90 Veṇa, *people and country*, 213 Veṇā, *river*, 51 note Veṅgi, *identified with Pedda Vegi, city*, 135