Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c29.35

c29.35

Abdul Qādir, *ruler of Kālpi*, 244 Aberia, *Greek form of Ābhīra, country*, 91 Abhāpurī, *locality*, 244-45 *Abhidhānacintāmaṇi*, *work*, 17, 124-25, 242 note Abhimanyu, *king of Kashmir*, 234 Abhimanyu, *Rāṣṭrakuṭa king*, 152 Abhinava-Vārāṇasī-kaṭaka, *same as Cuttack*, 147 Abhinava-Yayātinagara, *identified with Jājpur*, 146-47 Abhinava-Yayātinagara-Viṣṇu, *epithet of Gaṅga Anaṅgabhīma III*, 146 Ābhīra, *people and country*, 21 note, 23 and note, 30 note, 31 note, 37 and note, 62 and note, 76, 91, 213 Ābhīra, *mistake for Ābhīra*, 21 note Abhra, *people*, 27 note Ābika, *people*, 28 note Abiravān, *locality*, 23 note Ablur, *locality*, 124 Abul Fazal, *author*, 96, 124, 132, 237-38 Acalā, *river*, 53 note Acesines, *Greek form of Asiknī, river*, 40 note Achaemenes, *progenitor of the Achaemenidae*, 138, 173 Achaemenidae, *descendants of Achaemenes*, 138, 173 Achaemenians, *same as Achaemenidae*, 173 Adarśana, *same as Vinaśana, locality*, 172 note Ād-Badrī, *locality*, 40 note Adeisathron, *mountain range*, 52 note Ādhakya, *people*, 30 note Ādh-Gauṛ, *a section of the Gauḍa-Brāhmaṇas*, 121 note Adhiṣṭhāna, *‘chief city’*, 190, 195-96 Adhiṣṭhān-ādhikaraṇa, *‘administrative office of the chief city’*, 217 Ādhrāraka, *people*, 27 note Adi-Bhañja, *dynasty*, 144 note Ādi Purāṇa, *work*, 178 note Ādityas, *deities*, 196 Adriha, *people*, 24 note Adrijā, *river*, 47 note ādya, *‘original’*, 223 Afghan, *people*, 26 note Afghanistan, *country*, 3, 23 note, 26 note, 94, 96, 184, 231, 261 Africa, *country*, 164 Agalassoi, *people*, 25 note Agastya-pada, *holy spot*, 219 Agni Purāṇa, *work*, 42 note, 55 and note, 56 note, 163 note, 188, 224, 227 Agnisaraḥ, *holy spot*, 220 Agnisaraḥ-kuṇḍa, *holy pool*, 220 Ahicchatra, *city*, 21 note, 92 Ahirwas, *fort*, 91 Ahmadabad District, 158 Ahopāp, *locality*, 41 note Aihole inscription, 200 *Ain-i-Akbari*, *work*, 96, 97 note, 167, 237, 249 Airāka, *same as Iraq, country*, 71, 77, 96 Airāvata, *mythical elephant*, 207 Airāvatī, *same as Irāvatī, river*, 41 note, 186 Ajaṇṭā, *locality*, 151, 154 Ajapatha, *pass or locality*, 66 note Ajay, *river*, 176 Ajmer, *locality*, 14, 161, 198 Ākara, *same as Daśārṇa, country*, 14, 34 note, 91, 213-15 Akbar, *Mughal emperor*, 133 and note, 237 Akbarnagar, *locality*, 133 Akbarnāmah, *work*, 238 Akola District, 151, 153 Akoṭā, *locality*, 198 Akṛṣṇa, *people*, 38 note Akṣaya-vaṭa, *holy tree*, 226 Akūṇa, *people*, 38 note Alaka, *people*, 31 note Alaka, *mistake for Mūlaka, country*, 214 Aland, *locality*, 200 Alande-1000, *district*, 199 Alande-sāsira, *same as Alande-1000, district*, 200 Alasa, *people*, 26 note ‘Alāuddīn Islām Khān, *Muslim ruler*, 237 Al-Bīrūnī, *author*, 17, 19-20, 31 note, 58 note, 62 note, 63 note, 65 note, 118, 162-63, 179, 232-34, 244-45 Alexander, *Greek emperor*, 94, 231 Alibhadra, *people*, 26 note Ālika, Alaka, *people*, 31 and note Al-Kandahār, *Arabic form of Gandhāra, country*, 44, 232 Allahabad, *city*, 2, 33 note, 40 note, 47 note, 172-73, 212 note Allahabad District, 22 note, 63 note Allahabad pillar inscription, 2, 212 note Al-Mansūra, *locality*, 44 Almora, *locality*, 42 note Ālūpa, Ālupa, *people*, 31 and note Alwar, *district*, 93, 105, 162-63, 203 Amala, Amdhala, *possibly a mistake for Andhra*, 201 Amala-viṣaya, Mala-viṣaya, *country*, 202 Amara, *author*, 210 and note Amarkantak, *hill range*, 34 note, 47 note Amarakaṇṭaka, *same as Amarkantak*, 82, 109 Amarapura, *same as Amarāvatī, city*, 189 Amaraśaṅkara, *god Śiva at Gaṅgāsāgara*, 181 and note Ambala District, 24 note, 40 note Ambaṣṭha, *people*, 38 and note Ambikā, *goddess*, 93 Amdhala, Amala, *probably a mistake for Andhra*, 201 Amgaon, *locality*, 153, 243 Amikaṭa, *people*, 31 note Amoghavarṣa, *Rāṣṭrakūṭa king*, 124 note Amraoti District, 153 ‘Amr ibn Layth, *Muslim ruler*, 234 Amṛta, *god*, 93 Amṛtadeva, *person*, 218, 223 Amu Darya, *same as Oxus, river*, 42 note, 59 note, 163 Amūrtarayas, *king*, 226 Anaṅgabhima III, *Gaṅga king*, 146-47 Anaṅkabhima, Aniyaṅkabhima, *same as Anaṅgabhima III, Gaṅga king*, 137 Anantapur District, 92, 192 Ananta, Ananta-śaila, *hill*, 74, 86 Anantaśayana, Anantasena, *same as Anantapura, identified with Trivandrum*, 86 Anantavarman Coḍagaṅga, *Eastern Gaṅga king*, 84, 136, 146-47 Ānarta, Ānartaka, *people and country*, 33 and note, 213, 215, 261 Andhaka, *a branch of the Yādavas*, 22 and note Andha-paramaprā-nyāya, 150 Andhra, *country*, 1 and note, 2, 18-20, 38 note, 75, 87-88, 119, 135, 150-51, 201 Andhra, *people*, 29 note, 31 and note Andhra, *river*, 57 note Andhrādhipati, *epithet*, 135 Andhrāpatha,, *country*, 31 note, 192 Andhra Pradesh, 31 note, 54 note, 88, 108, 134-36 142, 154, 204 note, 227