[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) › c29.95 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c29.95 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c29.95 - **Language:** English ### [c29.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29.95) Padampawaya, \*same as\* Padmāvatī, \*locality\*, 242 Padampur, Padmapura, \*locality\*, 153, 242-43 Pādatāḍitaka-bhāṇa, \*work\*, 38 note Padgama, \*people\*, 35 note Padha, \*people\*, 35 note Padmā, \*river\*, 98, 112, 114, 123, 128 note, 179, 237 Padmā-Meghnā estuary, 174 Padmapura, \*locality\*, 153, 242 Padma Purāṇa, \*work\*, 17, 35 note, 226 note, 241 and note, 244 Pāḍonalakṣa, \*territory\*, 204 note Pahlava, Pahnava, \*people\*, 23 and note, 24 note, 25 note, 61 and note Pain, Paingaṅgā, \*river\*, 50 note Paisuni, \*same as\* Parsaroni, \*river\*, 47 note Paithan, \*locality\*, 30 note, 154-55, 159, 215 Paithinasi, \*author\*, 172 note Pākistan, \*country\*, 115 Pakistan, East, 87, 97, 104, 123, 171 Pakistan, West, 61 note, 191 Pakṣabāhu, Yakṣabāhu, \*country\*, 204 Pāla, \*dynasty\*, 1, 12-13, 98, 111-12, 123, 124 note, 127, 133 note, 193-97, 225, 230 Palāsirī, Palāsīnī, \*river\*, 54 note, 55 and note Palembang, \*same as\* Śrīvijaya, \*locality\*, 28 note Pali language, 18, 33 note, 206-07 Pali literature, 5 note, 9 note, 154 Palibothra, \*same as\* Pāṭaliputra, \*city\*, 138 Paliyā, \*people\*, 104 Pallava, \*dynasty\*, 150 palli, ‘village’, 205 note Pāmbipura, \*country\*, 202 Pāṇḍu-viṣaya, Pāṇḍya-viṣaya, \*territory\*, 202 Pampā, \*lake\*, 247 Pampa-Bhārata, \*work\*, 243 note Pampur, \*locality\*, 86 Pāṇāṭa, \*country\*, 71 Pānaviya, \*people\*, 27 note Pañca-Drāviḍa, ‘five sections’ of South Indian Brāhmaṇas, 16, 120 Pañca-Gauḍīya, \*community\*, 121 Pañcakot, Pañcakūṭa, \*locality\*, 84 Pañcāla, \*chief\*, 15 Pañcāla, Pañcālaka, \*people\*, 21 and note, 22 and note, 63 and note, 71, 76, 79, 92-94, 99, 102-03 Pañcāla, Northern, \*same as\* Rohilkhand, \*territory\*, 92 Pañcamahāśabda, \*five official designations\*, 233 note, 234 Pañcanada, \*meeting place of five rivers in the Punjab\*, 44 Pañcanada, \*country\*, 185-87 Pañcarūpā, \*river\*, 39 note Pañca-saraḥ, \*holy pool\*, 219-20 Pañcaśikha, \*holy place\*, 219 Pañchīr, \*river\*, 43 note Pāṇḍava, \*family\*, 7 Pandharpur, \*locality\*, 159 Pandouoi, \*same as\* Pāṇḍava, \*people\*, 94 Pāṇḍu, Pāṇḍya, \*country\*, 71, 76, 79 note, 93, 105, 204 Pāṇḍuraṅgapallī, \*locality\*, 159 Pandurangapalli grant, 152-53 Pāṇḍya, \*people and country\*, 7, 29 and note, 37, 76 note, 79, 89, 188, 191 note Pāṇḍya, \*same as\* Pāṇḍu, \*country\*, 105 Pāṅgudeśa, \*same as\* Pāṇḍudeśa, \*country\*, 204 Pānika, \*people\*, 30 note Pāṇini, \*grammarian\*, 66 note, 111, 209 and note, 210 Panjshir, \*river\*, 43 note Pao-yun, \*Chinese name of the Ratnagarbha-sūtra\*, 228 Pāpapramocana, \*holy spot\*, 220 Parā, Pārā, \*river\*, 39 note, 43 note, 46 and note Pārada, \*same as\* Parthian, \*people\*, 24 and note, 61 and note, 63 note Paraitakene, \*same as\* Purandhra, \*people\*, 23 note Parākṣara, \*people\*, 32 note Paramabhaṭṭāraka, \*title\*, 143-44 Paramāra, \*dynasty\*, 7, 11, 15, 32 note, 121-22, 199 and note Paramatthajotikā, \*work\*, 213 Parās, \*same as\* Palāsīnī, \*river\*, 55 note Pārasika, \*people\*, 7, 13, 38 and note, 71, 184 Paraskara, \*people\*, 32 note Paraspatikā \*locality\*, 218 Pārata-70000, \*territory\*, 204 Pārāyaṇa, \*work\*, 154, 206-07, 209, 213-14, 216 Pareta, \*people\*, 24 note pargana, \*territorial division\*, 167 Pāripātra, \*mountain and country\*, 38 note, 46 note, 55 note Parita, Pareta, \*people\*, 24 note Pāriyātra, \*mountain and people\*, 14, 35 note, 38 and note, 43 note, 46 and note, 55 and note, 172 note Parlakimedi, \*locality\*, 54 note Parṇabhūmika, \*people\*, 65 note Parṇāsā, \*river\*, 43 note, 45 and note Parsaroni, \*river\*, 47 note Partabgarh \*inscription\*, 243 note Parthian, \*people\*, 24 note Parvān, \*locality\*, 43 note \*parvata-maru\*, ‘mountainous steppes’, 67 and note Pārvatī, \*goddess\*, 72, 195 Pārvatī, \*river\*, 46 note Pāsāṇaka-cetiya, \*Buddhist religious establishment\*, 206 Pāsari, \*river\*, 51 note Paścād-deśa, \*territory\*, 57 note, 73, 173 note Pāścātya, \*territory\*, 172 and note Pāścāty-ācala, \*mythical mountain\*, 12 and note, 13 Pāśinī, \*river\*, 55 note Paṭaccara, \*people\*, 21 and note, 22 and note Pāṭaliputra, \*city\*, 47 note, 100, 193, 208 Patañjali, \*grammarian\*, 66 note, 163 note, 208 \*patha\*, ‘pass’, 207 \*pathaka\*, ‘sub-district’, 205 Patheśvara, \*people\*, 21 note Patiakella, \*locality\*, 143 Patiala, \*territory\*, 233 Paṭiṭṭhāna, Pratiṣṭhāna, \*city\*, 206, 214-15 Patna, \*city and district\*, 22 note, 42 note, 47 note, 95, 99-100, 119, 138, 193-94, 197 Patna, \*locality in Orissa\*, 135, 146 \*pattalā\*, ‘district’, 198, 199 note \*pattana\*, ‘town’, 201 Paṭṭikerā, \*locality\* 169 Paṭu, \*people\*, 35 Paudanya, \*same as\* Bodhan, \*city\*, 31 note, 154, 158 Pauṇḍra, \*people\*, 28 and note, 37 note Pauṇḍravardhana, Puṇḍravardhana, \*district\*, 115 Paunika, \*people\*, 30 note Paurava, Puru, \*same as\* Poros, \*king\*, 94 Paurika, \*people\*, 30 and note Pāvā, \*locality\*, 206 Pāvanī, \*river\*, 45 note, 58 and note, 59 note, 65 and note, 67 note Payasvinī, \*river\*, 57 note Payoṣṇī, \*river\*, 50 and note, 56 and note, 57 note Payoṣṇikā, \*river\*, 56 note Peddavegi, \*locality\*, 135 Pegu, \*same as\* Cheen, \*territory\*, 96 Pehoa, \*locality\*, 40 note Periplus \[\*of the Erythraean Sea\*\], \*work\*, 106, 138-40, 151, 152 note, 174-75 Persia, \*country\*, 95-96, 164 and note Persian \*emperors\*, 164 Persian (\*old\*) \*inscriptions\*, 163-64 Persian \*language\*, 131 note Persian \*writers\*, 167 Persian, \*same as\* Pārasika or Pahlava, \*people\*, 7, 24 note, 38 note, 163, 250 Perso-Arabic \*script\*, 168 Peshawar, \*city and district\*, 24 note, 26 note, 44, 102, 231-32, 235 Peshwā, \*official designation\*, 87 Phulbari, \*locality\*, 217 Piḍika, \*people\*, 26 note Pi-lo-mo-lo, \*same as\* Bhinmāl, \*city\*, 161 Pina, \*people\*, 25 note Pippalā, Pippali, Pipvalā, Pippala śroṇī, \*river\*, 47 and note Piśābīkā, \*river\*, 48 note \*piśāca\*, ‘demon’, 186 Piśācikā, \*river\*, 47, 48 note Piṣṭapura, \*same as\* Pithapuram, \*city\*, 134-35 Pitāmaha, \*same as god\* Brahman, 118 Pithapuram, \*locality\*, 134-35, 227 \*pitha-sthāna\*, ‘holy place’, 84 Pitṛsomā, \*river\*, 53 note Plakṣa-dvīpa, \*an Island Continent according to Puranic conception\*, 163 note Plavaṅga, \*people\*, 28 note Pliny, \*author\*, 135 note Pluṣṭa, \*people\*, 36 note Podaniya, \*same as\* Paudanya, \*city\*, 154 Poros, \*same as\* Puru or Paurava, \*king\*, 94 Porto Grande, \*Great Port\*, 128 Porto Pequeno, \*Little Port\*, 128 Portuguese, \*people\*, 123, 127, 128 and note, 129-30, 180 Portuguese \*pirates\*, 237 Portus Magnus, \*Great Port\*, 128 and note Portus Parvus, \*Little Port\*, \*identified with\* Sāt gāon, 128 and note Potali, Potana, Poṭani, \*same as\* Paudanna, \*city\*, 154 Prabala-pratāp-ānvita-rājādhirāja, \*epithet\*, 1 Prabhāsa, \*holy place\*, 225 Prabhāsa-Sarasvatī, \*same as\* Raunakshi, \*river\*, 44 Prabhāvatiguptā, Vākāṭaka \*queen\*, 150 Pracaṇḍapāṇḍava, \*work\*, 32 note Prācya, \*same as\* Prasi, \*people and territory\*, 172-73 Prācya-deśa, \*territory\*, 29 note, 37 note, 73 \*pradeśa\*, ‘province’, 239 \*pradeśa-cakravartin\*, ‘ruler of a portion of a Dvīpa’, 5 note Prāgjyotiṣa, \*people or country\*, 7, 13, 27 note, 28 and note, 96, 173, 258 - [Previous: c29.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29.94) - [Next: c29.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29.96) - [Up: 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