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Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s5.41

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s5.41

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c6.s5.41

Varvara, Yavana, Śaka, Ruṣāṇa, Kuṇinda, Aṅgalokavara, Cīna-maru, Taṅgaṇa, Sūlika, Sādhra, Lampāka, Pahlava, Pārada, Darada, Kāśmīra, Gandhāra, Aurasa, Kuhu, Śivapaura, Indra-maru, Vasāti, Visarjaya, Saindhava, Randhra-karakā, Bhramara, Ābhīra, Romaka, Śunāmukha and Ūrdhva-maru in the west and the Upaka, Niṣāda, Dhīvara, Ṛṣika, Nilamukha, Kekara, Uṣṭra-karṇa, Kirāta, Kālodara, Vivarṇa, Kuśika, Svarṇabhūmika, Kupatha, Indradyumna-saras, Kharapatha, Vetrapatha, Śaṅkupatha, Udyānaka-maru, Kuthaprāvaraṇa, Indra-dvīpa, Tomara, Haṃsamārga, Huhuka, Karṇaprāvaraṇa, Aśvamukha, Vidyādhara and Śaimimaṇḍala in the east. The patha-ending names of the east appear to indicate more intimate knowledge. See below; also Sircar, *Stud. Geog. Anc. Med. Ind.*, pp. 60ff.

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