Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.34
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.34
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c8.s4.34
Thence marching towards the north-west, you come to Ādittahaur, 9 farsakh; Jajjanīr, 6 farsakh; Mandahūkūr, the capital of Lauhāwur (Lahore), east of the river Irāwa (Irāvatī, Rāvī), 8 farsakh; the river Candrāha (Candrabhāgā, Chenab), 12 farsakh; the river Jailam (Jhelam), west of the river Biyatta (Vitastā),¹⁸ 8 farsakh; Waihind (Udabhāṇḍa, modern Und near Attock), the capital of Kandhār (Gandhāra), west of the river Sindh, 50 farsakh; Purshāwar (Puruṣapura, Peshawar), 18 farsakh; Dunpūr, 15 farsakh; Kābul, 12 farsakh; Ghazna, 17 farsakh.