Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t1.141
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t1.141
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29. The island of Iabadios or Sabadios (Yava-dvīpa) which means ‘the Island of Barley’. It is said to be of extraordinary fertility, and to produce very much gold, and to have its capital called Argyre (Silver-town, Rajatapura) in the extreme west of it. It lies in 167°, 8° 30′ S, and the eastern limit lies in 169°, 8° 10′ S.