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# Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.85

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s2.85

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### [c7.s2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c7.s2.85)

15. Prāgjyotiṣa—also called Kāmarūpa from the age of the Guptas; identified with the Gauhati region of Assam. It may be noted that the Mahābhārata and Kālidāsa's Raghuvamśa locate Prāgjyotiṣa in the Northern Division and not in the East (see below).

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## Cites (2)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Raghuvaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.raghuvamsa-works.raghuvamsa) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit

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