Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.130

c9.130

Maulika, people 80 Maurya dynasty 19, 35, 80 Māyāpura, locality 109 Māy-iruḍiṅgam, locality near Ligor 67n McCrindle, J. W. 111n, 121n Mecca, holy place 109 Meda, people 91, 100 Medapāṭa, Mewāḍ, territory 91, 108 Medhātithi, ruler of the Plakṣa-dvīpa 48 Mediterranean Sea 61 Meerut, see Mīrat, locality 158 Mega, river 124, 127 Megasthenes 34n, 60; his story of Herakles and Pandaea 34 Megha, mountain to the north of the Mahā-bhadra lake 46 Maghavat, mountain or locality 95n Meghnā, river 84 Meharauli pillar inscription 163 Mehatnū, river 23 Mekala, people and country 81, 92n, 106; located in the southern region 62 Mekala, mountain 103 Mekalādṛjā, see Revā or Narmadā, river 104 Mekalakanyakā, see Narmadā, river 106 Mekhala, mistake for Mekala 92 Melange, emporium 124 Melizigara, probably the same as Jaygarh or Rajapur 116 Melkynda, see Nelkynda, locality 123 Menander, Indo-Greek king 114 Menapia, town 144 Meṇḍha-patha, locality 68 Mendela, city 135 Menouthias, island 137 Mentanour, v. l. Mastanour, locality 135 Mentapolis, town 137 Meros, mountain 39n Meru, mountain 31, 39-40, 42-43, 48, 52, 97 and n, 102; abode of the gods 41;