Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s4.49
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s4.49
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c5.s4.49
12. Puṇḍra—mentioned in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa along with Andhra, etc., as outcastes living on the borders of the Aryan-occupied territory; settled in North Bengal before the 3rd century B.C., their capital having been at Puṇḍranagara or Puṇḍravardhana, modern Mahasthan in the Bogra District of East Pakistan.
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- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- Mahasthan