Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.187

c9.187

Muralā valley 103 Murshidabad District 88, 152, 162 Muruṇḍa, people 98, 100; same as Lampāka 104; see Maroundai 140 Musi, river 79 Mūṣika, people or locality 79 Muṣika-patha, locality 68 Muṣṭika, people 100 Muzaffarpur District 84, 152 Muziris (Mouziris), same as Cranganore, locality 116-17 Mysore, city and territory 79, 165; Southern 80, 87 Naagramma (Navagrāma), town 131 Nābhi, grandfather of Bharata 37 Nābhi, ruler of a part of the Jambu-dvīpa 48 Nācina, locality in the southern region 64 Nāḍapit, birth place of king Bharata 32 Nadoubandagar, town 130 Nāga, Island-continent and ocean 58 Nāga, mountain to the north of the Mahābhadra lake 46 Nāga, semi-divine being 43-44, 50 Nāga-dvīpa, division of the Bhārata-varṣa 38, 54; identified with the Jaffna Peninsula in Ceylon 55 Nagagoura, city 134 Nāgāhva, same as Hastināpura, Gajāhva, Hāstina, etc., city 105 Nagara, same as Vṛddhanagara, Siddhapura, locality 107 Nagara, same as Dionysopolis, Nagarahāra, modern Jalālābād, locality 128 Nagara, same as Pāṭaliputra, city 107 Nagarahāra, see Na-kie-lo-ho, locality 151; see Nagara 128 Nagaraśara, people 97n Nagari, same as Madhyamikā-nagari, city 73, 162n Nāgārjunikoṇḍa inscription 111n Nagarouraris, city 134 Nāgavara, island-continent and ocean 58 Nagnajit, king of Gandhāra 26 Nagna-loka, see Nangalogai, people 141 Nagna-Śabara, people 93 and n Nagour, city 136 Nahapāna, Śaka Satrap 116n Naimiṣa, locality and people 92n Naipāl (Nepāla), country 155-56 Naiṣika, people 80 Na-kie-lo-ho (Nagarahāra, modern Jalālā-bād), locality 151 Nckṣatra-cakra 91 Nakula, Pāṇḍva hero conquering the western region 63 Nala, king 82 Nala, people and locality 80 Nalamāla, sea 51 Nalāpūr, same as Niṣadhā, city 104 Nalapura (Nalapūr), city 82, 102 Nalavāḍi, territory 80 Nālikera-dvīpa, same as Nārikela-dvīpa, territory 93n Nalinī, river of the Śāka-dvīpa 50 Nalinī, river 56; located in the eastern Himalayas 75, 82-83, 88; tentatively identified with the Mekong 90 Nalloura, locality 135 Namados (Narmadā), 122, 127, 131-32 Namiyya, valley 157 Nammadus, same as Narmadā, river 113 Namostai, people 148 Namāvur (Nimāḍ), locality 157 Nanagouna, river 123, 127, 132 Nangalogai (Nagna-loka), people 141 Nanda, Ānanda, people 97 Nanda dynasty 19 Nandana, park 45; also called Nandā 44 Nānded, see Mandagir, locality 157 Nandinī, see Sāketa, city 106 Nandipatna, v.l. Pandipatna locality 136