Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t1.143

c8.s2.t1.143

31. There are said to be also ten other islands forming a continuous group called Maniolai, from which ships fastened with iron nails are said to be unable to move away perhaps on account of the magnetic iron in the islands, and hence they are built with wooden bolts. The inhabitants are called Maniolai, and are reputed to be cannibals. The central island lies in 142°, 2° S.