Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t1.2

c8.s2.t1.2

1. India within the river Ganges is bounded on the west by the Paropanisadai (Kabul region) and Arakhosia (Kandahar region) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan-Makran region) along their eastern sides already indicated; on the north by Mount Imaos (Himavat) along the Sogdaioi (Suguda) and the Sakai (Śaka) lying above it; on the east by the river Ganges; and on the south and again on the west by a portion of the Indian Ocean. The circuit of the coast of this ocean is thus described :—