[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967) › c7.s2.17 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.17 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.17 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.17) ⁸ See Sel. Ins., 2nd ed., p. 264 (Mahendra of Kosala in the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragapta); Mahābhārata, iii. 61. 21ff.—ete gacchantī bahavaḥ panthāno Dakṣiṇāpatham | Avantim=Ṛkṣavantañ=ca samatikramya parvatam || eṣa Vindhyo... || eṣa panthā Vidarbhānām=asau gacchati Kośalān | ataḥ parañ=ca deśo='yaṃ dakṣiṇe Dakṣiṇāpathaḥ || - [Previous: c7.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.16) - [Next: c7.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.18) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.61.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.17) · Pramāṇa