Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s1.31
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s1.31
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stretching a great way along the coast before the inland country; a great quantity of muslins is made there. Beyond this region, sailing toward the east and crossing the adjacent bay, there is the region of Dosarene (Tosali in the Puri-Cuttack region), yielding the ivory known as Dosarenic. Beyond this, the course trending toward the north, there are many barbarous tribes, among whom are the Cirrhadae (Kirāta), a race of men with flattened noses, very savage; another tribe, the Bargysi; and the Horse-faces (Aśvamukha) and the Long-faces (Dīrghāsya), who are said to be cannibals (Puruṣāda).