Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.2.1

c9.2.1

Addisthān, same as Adhiṣṭhāna or Śrīnagara, city 158-59 Adeisaga, locality 141 Adeisathra, town 132 Adeisathroi, people of the region of the Sahyādri mountain 133 Adeisathron, same as the Sahyādri range or Western Ghāṭs 125, 127, 133 Adhama-Kairāta, people 96 Adhiśrotra, people 92n Adhiṣṭhāna, same as Addisthān, city 158-59 Adhra, v. l. Sādhra, people 89 Adisdara, town, probably Ahicchatra in the Bareilly District 129 Aditi, goddess 11 and n Adittahaur, locality 158 Adraistai, people 76n Adrapana, town 130 Adris, v. l. Rouadis, same as Irāvatī or Rāvī, river 125, 128 Aegidii, island people probably of Goa 116 Afghan, people, 159 Afghanistan, country 33, 59, 74 ; Northern 73, 114 ; Southern 74 Africa, continent 120n ; Northern 59 ; North-Eastern 51 Agalassoi, people living between the Jhelam and the Chenab 75, 76n Aganagora, town 139-40 Agara, town 132 agate, akik, product 120n Agathou, island 142 Agimoitha, locality 142 Aginnatai, people 142 Agnidhra, king of the Jambu-dvipa 48-49 ; people 96 (Agnijya), 97n Agnihotragṛha, same as Prājāpatya or Prayāga 107 Agnījya, mistake for Agnidhra 96 Agnimāla, sea 51 ; Arabian coast near Aden or portion of the Somali coast according to some 61 Agni Purāṇa 53n Agrinagara, city 131 Agriophagoi; see Poulindai 132 aguru, product 103 Ahicchatra, capital of Pañcāla or North Pañcāla 36n, 71, 99 ; across the Gaṅgā 152 ; see Adisdara 129 ;