Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.42

c8.s4.42

After the above-mentioned gulf follow the small Munha (Hindi muhānā), then the Bawārij, i.e. the pirates of Kacch and Somanāth. They are thus called because they commit their robberies on sea in ships called bira. The places on the coast are :—Tawalleshar, 50 farsakh from Daibal; Loharāni, 12 farsakh; Baga, 12 farsakh; Kacch, where the mukl-tree grows, and Bāroi 6 farsakh; Somanāth, 14 farsakh; Kanbāyat (Stambhatīrtha, Cambay), 30 farsakh; Asawil, 2 days; Bihroj (Broach), 30 (sic) farsakh; Sandān (Sañjān), 50 farsakh; Sūbāra (Sūrpāraka, Sopārā), 6 farsakh; Tāna (Thānā), 5 farsakh.