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# Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.2.2

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.2.2

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### [c9.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.2.2)

same as Pratyagratha 104 Ahindravara, continent and ocean 58 Ahopāp, river 84 Ahreng, territory 153 Āhuka, people 76 ; same as Khāṇḍavaprastha 106 Aihole inscription of Pulakeśin II 79-80 Aikakaccha, Ekakaccha, people 94n Aikanetra, Ekanetra, people 96n Aikapāda, Ekapāda, people 92n Ailika, people 93 Ainabhalla, Enabhalla, people 98n Aindra, constellation 95 \*Ain-i-Akbarī\* 53n, 77 Aioi, people 123, 135 Airāka (Iraq), country 109 Airāvata, diggaja of the east 43n Airāvata, Indra’s elephant 46 Airāvata, park 44 Airāvata, territory, sometimes identified with Uttara-Kuru 53, 56 Airāvata-varṣa, same as Uttara-Kuru 57 Airrhadoi (Kirāta), people 137 Aisika, people 79 \*Aitareya Āraṇyaka\* 79 \*Aitareya Brāhmaṇa\*, 15, 20, 29 ; on the distance between the earth and the sky 10 ; on the earth girdled by ocean 13 ;

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