Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s4.36

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c7.s4.36

1. Mt. Kailāsa, 2. Mt. Himavat, 3. Mt. Dhanuṣmat, 4. Mt. Vasumat, 5. Mt. Krauñca, 6. Kuru, 7. Vaka (Vṛka), 8. Kṣudraviṇa (Kṣudra and Mīna), 9. Rasālaya, 10. Kaikeya, 11. Bhogaprastha, 12. people of the upper Yamunā valley (Yāmuna= a kind of Greeks according to Al-Bīrūnī who confused Yāmuna with Yavana), 13. Antar-dvīpa, 14. Trigarta, 15. Agnijya (Agnīdhra), 16. Sārdana, 17. Aśvamukha, 18. Prāpta, 19. The long-haired Civiḍa, 20. Dāseraka (same as Maru). 21. Vāṭadhāna, 22. Śavadhāna, 23. Puṣkala, 24. Adhama-Kairāta, 25. people of Takṣaśilā (Takṣaśilā=Mārīkala, and Puṣkalāvatī=Pūkala, according to Al-Bīrūnī), 26. Ambāla, 27. Mālava, 28. Madra, 29. Vemaka (v. l. Veṇuka), 30. Vadantika, 31. Piṅgala, 32. Mānakalaha, 33. Hūṇa, 34. Kohalaka, 35. Māṇḍavya, 36. Bhūtiyuvaka (Bhūtapura), 37.Sātaka, 38. Hematāraka (Hematālaka), 39. Yaśomatya, 40. Gāndhārā,