[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) › c8.s3.93 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.93 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.93 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.93) The country called Khurāśana (Khorashan) is described as extending from the Hiṅgu-pīṭha, i.e. Hiṅgulāja, upto Makkeśa. Makkeśa, ‘lord of Mecca,’ is an imaginary Śiva-liṅga at Mecca, the most sacred of the Muslim holy places. According to a popular Bengali tradition, apparently influenced by the Tantras, in an underground room underneath the floor of the Kaaba at Mecca there lies Śiva in deep sleep; pious Hindus are never allowed to approach him; if, however, a devout Hindu could place on his head a \*bilva-patra\* only once, the god would at once rise up and destroy all the Muhammadans of the world. - [Previous: c8.s3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.92) - [Next: c8.s3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.94) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.93) · Pramāṇa