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Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t1.123

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t1.123

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c8.s2.t1.123

15. Between the Imaos and Bepyrrhos ranges, the Takoraioi are farthest north, and below them are the Korangakaloi or Koranda°, then the Passalai or °dai, after whom to the north of the Maiandros are the Tiladai or Pi° (Kirāta), such being the name applied to the Beseidai or Seisa° (Vasāti), for they are short of stature and broad and shaggy and broad-faced, but of a fair complexion.