Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.44

c8.s4.44

The next place on the coast is Ūmmalnāra, then Rāmsher (Rāmeśvara) opposite Sarandīb; the distance of the sea between them is 12 farsakh. The distance from Pañjayāvar to Rāmsher is 40 (sic) farsakh, that between Rāmsher and Setubandha 2 farsakh. Setubandha means ‘bridge of the ocean’. It is the dike of Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, which he built from the continent to the castle of Laṅkā. At present it consists of isolated mountains between which the ocean flows. Sixteen farsakh from Setubandha towards the east (sic) is Kibkind (Kiṣkindhā, modern Anegundi in the Dharwar District), the mountains of the monkeys...