Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s5.9

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c7.s5.9

22. The mention of Tāmralipta as the capital of Vaṅga, not corroborated by any other source, is interesting since it reminds us of the Gangaridae of Deltaic Bengal (i.e. the Vaṅga) having their capital at Gange or Ganges (near the confluence of the Bhāgīrathī and the Bay of Bengal) mentioned in the *Periplus* and *Ptolemy’s Geography*.

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