Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c2.4
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c2.4
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*Appendices* I. Extracts from *The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea* 111 II. Extracts from Ptolemy's Geography
(a) India within the Ganges (Intra Gangem) 121
(b) India beyond the Ganges 137
(c) Some Central Asian Territories
1. Baktriane 143
2. Sogdiane 144
3. The Land of the Sakai or Nomadic Śaka 146
4. Scythia or Śakasthāna within the Imaos 146
5. Scythia beyond the Imaos 148
6. Serike 149 III. Indian Teritories in Hiuen-tsang's *Si-yu-ki* 151 IV. Extracts from Al-Bīrūnī's *Kitābul Hind* 154 V. Cosmography and Geography in Inscriptions 161