Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s1.3

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² Cf. Childers, Pali-Eng. Dict., s. v. Jambu-dīpo. In passages like Jambu-dīpe Sāgala-nagare Milindo nāma rājā ahosi (Milindapañha—“There was a king named Milinda at the city of Śākala in Jambu-dvīpa”), Jambu-dipasmim kira pubbe mahānidāgho ahosi (Childers, op. cit., s. v. pubba—“It is said that there was once