Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.189

c9.189

Nausārī, see Rihanjur 157 ; see Nausaripa 122 Nausaripa, same as Navasārikā, modern Nausārī in the Surat District 122 Naura, probably the same as modern Cannanore, locality 116 Navagrāma, see Naagrama, locality 131 Navasārikā, modern Nausārī, see Nausaripa, locality 122 Necho, king 61 Negro, see Zanj, people 160 Nelcynda (Nelkynda), same as modern Kottayam 116-17 Nellore District 79 Nemindhara, mountain around the Meru 39 Nepāl (Nepāla), country 84 Nepāla, country 100, 103, 108-09, 152 ; see Naipāl 155 Nepāla, mountain located in the eastern region 103 Nepalese Tarai 41, 152, 161 Nettara, people 100 Nicchavi (Licchavi), people and country, see Tirabhukti 105 Nicobar Islands 143 Nigranigrama, city 132 Nikama, metropolitan city 123 Nikaṭa, mistake for Tālikaṭa, city 93 Nikumba, country 67n Nīla, mountain to the north of the Mahābhadra lake 46 Nīla, mountain (varṣa-parvata) separating the Ilāvṛta and Ramyaka varṣas 52-53 ; in the Jain works 56 nilakānta, sapphire, product 120n Nīlakaṇṭha, commentator on the Mahābhārata 52n Nīlamukha, people 90 ; located in the eastern region 67n Nīla-parvata, mountain located on the boundary of Kāmarūpa 108