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# Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India

Purāṇic and epigraphic geography: the janapada lists, territorial divisions (bhukti, viṣaya, maṇḍala), the Śākta pīṭhas, place-names in inscriptions.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [D. C. Sircar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sircar-dc)
- **Extent:** 1,641 passages, 98,953 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 1960; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · In copyright (D. C. Sircar †1984); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c1) — 4 parts
- [c2 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c2) — 18 parts
- [c3 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c3) — 22 parts
- [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c4) — 1 part
- [c5 I. Chakravarti-kṣetra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c5) — 2 parts
- [c6 II. Puranic List of Peoples](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c6) — 9 parts
- [c7 III. Puranic List of Rivers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c7) — 2 parts
- [c8 IV. Account of Fifty-six Countries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8) — 35 parts
- [c9 V. Gauḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c9) — 4 parts
- [c10 VI. Bengal](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c10) — 50 parts
- [c11 VII. Orissa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c11) — 52 parts
- [c12 VIII. Daśārṇa, Aśmaka and Kuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c12) — 47 parts
- [c13 IX. Gurjara and Kuśa-dvīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c13) — 29 parts
- [c14 X. Saknāt-Saṅkāt-Saṅknāt](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c14) — 29 parts
- [c15 XI. Gaṅgā](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c15) — 59 parts
- [c16 XII. Vāhlika and Vāhika](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c16) — 23 parts
- [c17 XIII. Malaya and Mahiṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c17) — 24 parts
- [c18 XIV. Kṛmilā](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c18) — 9 parts
- [c19 XV. Caurāsī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c19) — 36 parts
- [c20 XVI. Gonarda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c20) — 54 parts
- [c21 XVII. Kokāmukha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c21) — 22 parts
- [c22 XVIII. Gayā](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c22) — 58 parts
- [c23 XIX. Udabhāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c23) — 27 parts
- [c24 XX. Dacca](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c24) — 23 parts
- [c25 XXI. Kālapriya and Brahmaśilā](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c25) — 23 parts
- [c26 XXII. Cartography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c26) — 22 parts
- [c27 Appendix I. Kandhārapura](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c27) — 17 parts
- [c28 Appendix II. Kākandīnagarī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c28) — 14 parts
- [c29 Addenda et Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c29) — 143 parts

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