Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.2.3

c9.2.3

on the five geographical divisions 15 Aja, people 25, 27 Ajanābha, name sometimes applied to the Bhārata-varṣa 53 Aja-patha, locality 68 ajina, product 103 Ajina, island continent and ocean 58 Ajinavara, island continent and ocean 58 Ajinavarāvabhāsa, island continent and ocean 58 Ajmer, locality 102 Ajodaha (Ayodhyā), locality 155 Akadra, locality 138 Akaṇin, people 93 Ākara, territory identified with East Malwa 82, 94n, 163 Akhasa land 149 akīk, nānā-varṇa-prastara, product 120n Akinakai, people 144 Akni (’O-ki-ni), Agni, territory 151n Akour, city 136 Akṣaya, locality in the eastern region, probably the Akṣaya-vaṭa 62 Alakamandā, capital of Uttara-Kuru 42 Alakanda, Indian form of Alexandria 74-75 Alana, mountain 147-48 Alanoi Skythai, Śaka clan 147 Alanorsoi, people 147-48 Alasanda, Indian form of *Alexandria* 74-75 ; city or land 67n, 68 Al-Bīrūnī, Muslim savant 47-48, 55, 70, 74, 77, 91, 94, 96, 98, 154 ; on the location of the Puṣkara-dvīpa 50 Al-Daibal, port near Karachi 159 Aleppey, locality 117 Alexander of Epirus 60 ; of Macedon 112 Alexandreia Eskhate, town 146 Alexandreia Oxeiane, town 146 Alexandria, port in Egypt 60, 121n Alikhorda, town 144 Alina, people 25 Alishang-Kunar-Bajaur valley 76n Alīspur (Ellichpur), town 157 A-li-ya-t’i-sha (Ārya-deśa), Chinese name of India 34n Allahābād, city 72, 86;