Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.23
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.23
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c7.s2.23
1. Vāhlika—also spelt as Bāhlika, Bāhlīka, Bahlika, Bahlīka, etc., often with *v* instead of *b*. Modern Balkh (Bactra or Zariaspa of the Greeks) near the Oxus in Northern Afghanistan represents the capital of the people ; called Bactria by the Greeks.