Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s4.53

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c5.s4.53

16. Madra—mentioned in the *Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad*; settled probably in the Sialkot region; for a northern branch of the Madra people (Uttara-Madra) living in the neighbourhood of the Uttara-Kuru beyond the Himavat according to the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* (in Kashmir according to some scholars), see *infra*.

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Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad — Sanskrit