Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.9
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.9
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c8.s4.9
A man marching from Kanoj to the south between the two rivers Jaun (Yamunā) and Ganges passes the following places :—Jajjamau, 12 farsakh from Kanoj, each farsakh being equal to four miles or one kuroh; Abhāpurī, 8 farsakh ; Kuraha, 8 farsakh ; Barhamshil (Brahmaśilā), 8 farsakh ; the Tree (akṣaya-vaṭa) of Prayāga, 12 farsakh, the place where the water of the Jaun joins the Ganges, where the Hindus torment themselves with various kinds of tortures, which are described in the books about religious sects. The distance from Prayāga to the place where the Ganges flows into the sea is 12 (sic—120) farsakh.