Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.27

c8.s3.27

The ‘Blue Mountain’ seems to be the Nil-ādri or Nilakūṭa, the name of the Kāmakhyā hill according to the *Kālikā Purāṇa* (Ch. 79, v. 74). The Gaṇeśa-giri seems to be referred to as lying in the heart of Kāmarūpa. Tripura can be quite satisfactorily identified with Tripurā (Tipperah) which is now partly in East Pakistan. The heart of ancient Kāmarūpa was the Gauhati region of Assam. The celebrated temple of Kāmakhyā, called the *Yoni-pīṭha*, lies not far from the city of Gauhati. According to Hiuen-tsang, Kāmarūpa lay to the east of the Kāratoyā, while the *Yoginī Tantra* includes in the country the Brahmaputra valley together with Rangpur and Cochbihar.