[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) › c9.129 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.129 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.129 - **Language:** English ### [c9.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.129) Marudvṛdhā, river 23 Maruka, same as Maru or its people 100 Maru-kāntāra, deserts and forests 68 Māruta, people 91 Marwar, territory 75 Maryādā-parvata, boundary mountain 46 Marykaioi, people 144 Masalia, same as Masulipatam, locality 118 Masakrasāra, capital of the Trayastriṃśa heaven 44 Māsapuri, chief city of Bhṛṅga 99 Maṣṇāra, locality 32 Massaga, city 76n Massaioi, people and mountain 148 Massanoi, people of Northern Sind 77n Mastanour, v. l. Mentanour, locality 135 Masulipatam, locality, see Maisolia 124; see Masalia 118 Mātali, divinity 44 Mathurā, city 72-73, 79, 91; capital of the Sūrasenas 36n, 106; see Mo-t'u-lo 151; see Modoura 129; see Madhurā, Madhu-paghna, etc. 104, 106; same as Śivapūr 107; represented wrongly as the capital of Sauvira 99 Māthura, people of Mathurā 91n Māthuraka, same as Māthura, people 91n Matipura, territory 152; see Mo-ti-pu-lo 151 Matsya, people and country 17n, 27, 36n, 72, 89, 91 and n, 97n, 98-99, 109; located in the western region 65; located in the southern region 62, 64; located in the eastern region 64; located on the Vindhyas 92 Matsya, form of Viṣṇu in the Kuru or Uttara-Kuru country 42 Matsya Purāṇa 37n, 52n, 53n, 70 Mattamayūraka of Rohitaka (Rohtak), people located in the western region 65 Maujavata, epithet applied to Soma 27 - [Previous: c9.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.128) - [Next: c9.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.130) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.129) · Pramāṇa