[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.s2.23 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.23 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.23 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.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. - [Previous: c7.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.22) - [Next: c7.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.24) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.23) · Pramāṇa