Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c29.40

c29.40

Banavāsi-12000, *district*, 199 Banda District, 22 note Bang, *country*, 123 note, 124, 126, 165-70 Bangāl, Bangāla, *country*, 115, 123 note, 126, 127 note Bāṅgālā, Bāṅglā, Bāṅlā, *Bengali name of Bengal*, 131 and note Bangāla, *identified with* Akbarnagar, 133 Bangāla, *identified with* Gaur, 133 Bangāla, *mint town of Akbar*, 133 and note Bangālah, *same as* Vaṅgāla, 131 Bāṅgāli, *same as* Bengali, 131 Bāṅgaṛh, *locality*, 104 Bāṅglā, *same as* Bāṅgālā, 131 note Bāṅgroṛā, *locality*, 126 Bāṅlā, *same as* Bāṅgālā, 131 note Barabati, *locality*, 147-48 Barābhūm, *district*, 114 Barah-chatra, *same as* Varāhakṣetra, *holy place*, 221-22 Barakhera, *locality*, 40 note Barbaricum, *port*, 25 note, 106, 114 Bardhankoṭ, *locality*, 93 Bareilly District, 21 note, 92 Barhamsil, *same as* Brahmaśilā, *locality*, 244 Bārī, *city*, 45 Barīdish, *river*, 44 Barind, *same as* Varendra, *district*, 123 note, 170 note Barkalūr, *same as* Kollūr, *locality*, 89 Barli inscription, 198 Barmhattar, *same as* Brahmottara, *locality*, 28 note Baroda, *same as* Vaḍapadraka, *locality*, 198 Barthema, *Portuguese author*, 127 Baśārṇa, *people*, 34 note Basim, *locality*, 151, 153 Baudhāyana *Dharmaśūtra*, *work*, 172 note, 178 Baudrand, *French geographer*, 129 Bāvari, *sage*, 154, 206, 209, 214 Bay of Bengal, 97, 104, 108, 114, 122, 128, 132, 140, 175-77, 184, 188, 227 Bayānā, *locality*, 22 note, 162-63 Bazana, *identified with* Bayānā, *locality*, 162-63 Beas, *same as* Vipāśā, *river*, 25 note, 41 note, 185-86 Bejapour, *locality*, 222 Bellary District, 34 note, 157, 192 Belgaon, Belgaum, *town and district*, 90, 153, 155 Benares, *same as* Banāras or Vārānasi, *city*, 41 note Bengal, 12-13, 16, 104-05, 109-11, 113-14, 118, 121 note, 123, 126, 129-31, 137, 148, 156, 165-66, 170, 172, 174, 179, 192-93, 195, 218, 228, 237 Bengal, Eastern, 28, 115, 125, 129, and note, 130 and note, 132, 166-67, 237, 239 Bengal, Lower, 176 Bengal, Northern, 28 note, 42 note, 93, 95, 97, 114-15, 135 Bengal, North-Eastern, 102, 105 Bengal, South-Eastern, 27 note, 115, 122, 168 Bengal, Southern, 10, 132, 135, 140, 156, 174, 177 Bengal, South-Western, 29 note, 115, 136, 165, 170 note, 176, 180 Bengal, Western, 57 note, 98-99, 109-11, 114-15, 127 note, 135, 138, 140-41 Bengala, derived form Vaṅgāla, 123 and note Bengala, identified with Chittagong, 130 note Bengala, city, 123, 127-28, 129 and note, 130 and note, 133 and note Bengali language, 113-15, 119-20, 123, 127 note, 131 Bengali script, 118 and note Bengali literature, 129, 133 Bengali people, 130 Berabai, same as Verāpatha, pass or locality, 66 note Berar, district, 30 note, 34 note, 90, 106, 151, 153-55 Berar style, 151 Berhampur, locality, 53 note Bes, Besali, same as Vidiśā, river, 46 note Besnagar, same as Vidiśā, locality, 34 note, 91, 151, 206, 208 Besulā, same as Vedasmṛiti, river, 45 note Betwa, river, 45 note, 46 note, 47 note, 50 note, 151 Bhadguraka, people, 27 note Bhadra, country, 203 Bhadrā, river, 89 Bhadraka, people, 24 note Bhadrakālī, goddess, 75, 90-91 Bhadrakāra, same as Madrakāra, a branch of the Śalvas, 21 and note Bhadravaka, people, 27 note Bhāgabhadra, king, 208 Bhāgalpur, town and district, 83, 195 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, work, 3 note, 17, 57 note, 135 note, 227 Bhāgīrathī, river, 27 note; 58 and note, 84, 112-13, 136, 140, 165, 170 note, 174