[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967) › c8.s5.5 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s5.5 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s5.5 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s5.5) ²¹ As regards the contribution of numismatics to the study of ancient Indian geography, reference may be made to the discovery of the coins of the Śibi republic, minted at Madhyamikā, at a place called Nagari near Chitodgadh in Rajasthan. This helped scholars in suggesting that Nagari is just the latter part of the old name Madhyamikā-nagarī as Purī is that of Puruṣottama-purī or Jagannātha-purī. - [Previous: c8.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s5.4) - [Next: c8.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s5.6) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Madhyamikā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nagari) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s5.5) · Pramāṇa