Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s5.42

c6.s5.42

The *Niddesa* commentary (about the 2nd century A.D.) on the *Suttanipāta* mentions the following places on the high seas—1. Gumba, 2. Takkola, 3. Takṣaśilā, 4. Kālamukha, 5. Maraṇapāra, 6. Vesuṅga, 7. Verā-patha (cf. Nos. 25-34 below), 8. Yava, 9. Tamili 10. Vaṅga (often identified with the Banka Islands), 11. Elāvardhana, 12. Suvarṇakūṭa (probably the same as Suvarṇa-kuḍyaka), 13. Suvarṇa-bhūmi, 14. Tāmraparṇī (Ceylon), 15. Sūrpāra, 16. Bhṛgukaccha, 17. Surāṣṭra, 18. Aṅganeka (cf. Aṅgalokavara of the Purāṇas), 19. Gaṅgana, 20. Parama-gaṅgana, 21. Yavana, 22. Parama-yavana, 23. Allasanda (not Alexandria in Egypt, but at the mouth of the Indus),¹¹⁵ 24. Marukāntāra, 25. Jānu-patha, 26. Aja-patha, 27. Meṇḍha-patha, 28. Śaṅku-patha, 29. Chatra-patha, 30. Vamśa-patha, 31. Śakuna-patha, 32. Muṣika-patha, 33. Darī-patha, and 34. Vetrādhāra (Vetra-patha).¹¹⁶