[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c29.35 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c29.35 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c29.35 - **Language:** English ### [c29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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 - [Previous: c29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29.34) - [Next: c29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29.36) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29.35) · Pramāṇa