Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.1

c9.1

Abastanoi, v. l. Sabastanoi, same as Ambaṣṭha, people 76n Abdhinagarī, same as Dvārakā, city 105 Abhāpurī, locality 155 Abhāṣika, Mleccha people 100 Abhaya, land or people in the eastern region 64 Abhimura, mistake for Abhisāra 98n Ābhīra, people of the western region 67n, 73, 89, 93, 94n, 95n, 108, 112 ; see Abiria 130 Ābhīra-deśa, same as Śrīkaṇṭha-Kurukṣetrādi-bhūmi, country 107 Abhisāra, people of the northern region, lived in the Punch-Naoshera area of Kashmir 64, 76, 97 and n, 98n ; see Abisares 76n Abioi Skythai, Śaka clan 149 Abiria, same as Ābhīra, country 112, 130 Abisares, king of Abhisāra in the Punch and Naoshera regions 76n Abour, town 136 Abragana, town 150 Abu, mountain ; same as Arbuda 81, 103 Abul Fazl, author of the 'Ain-i-Akbarī 48,55 Accha, same as Ṛkṣa or mistake for Matsya 57, 98 Acchapuri, chief city of Varaṇa 99 Aceluka, people 97n Achaemenian empire 59 ; inscriptions 51 Aḍali, territory 153 Adamas, river 124, 127 Ādarima, city 135 Ādarśa, people of Adarśa or Adarśana 97n Adarśana, same as Vinaśana or Kurukṣetra, locality 16, 69