Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.202

c9.202

Prescription for purification 16n Priyavrata, son of Vaivasvata Manu 48-49 Proklais (Puṣkalāvatī, Charsadda-Mirziyārat near Peshawar), city 128 Pṛthu, same as Parthava, people 27 Pṛthūdaka, modern Pehoa in the Karnal District 17, 69, 103 Pṛthava, people 106 Pṛthvī (the earth), name applied to Aśoka’s empire 20, 33 Pseudostomon, river 123, 125-27, 134-35 Ptolemy, author 41, 60, 82, 111n, 118-19; his Geography 63, 75, 81 Ptolemy II Philadelphos, king of Egypt 59 Puducceri, see Podouke, etc. 118, 124 Pu-ho (Bokhara), territory 151n Pūkala, same as Puṣkalāvatī, city 96 Pulakeśin II, king 79, 80, 153 Pūlastya, people and country 101 Puleya, people 80 Pulinda, people 80, 89, 98, 100, 109; located in the northern region 63; located in the southern region 64; identified with the Vindhyan mountaineers 30 Pulinda-nagara, located in the eastern region 64 Pu-lu-sha-pu-lo (Puruṣapura, Peshāwar), city 151 Punarvasu, constellation 92 Punch (Poonch), territory 76; see Pan-nu-ts’o (Paṇṇotsa) 151 Puṇḍarīka, lake on the Śikharin mountain 56n Puṇḍarīka, diggaja of the south-eastern quarter 43n Puṇḍarīkā, river in the Krauñca-dvīpa 49 Puṇḍarīkavat, mountain in the Krauñca-dvīpa 49 Puṇḍra, people, country and city 19, 92n, 93n, 103, 108; see Yarendrī 105-06; located in the eastern region 62, 64; located in the southern region 62; located in North Bengal with capital at modern Mahāsthān 29; see Moroundai 140 Puṇḍranagara, also called Puṇḍravardhana, Mahāsthān, city 78, 161, 164 Puṇḍravardhana, Mahāsthān in the Bogra District (North Bengal), located in the eastern region 17, 69, 152 Puṇḍravardhana-bhukti, province 164 Puṅgala, territory 101 Punjab, Eastern 69 Punjab-Rajasthan region 73 Puṇṇāḍu, see Pounnata, locality 135 Pun-na-fa-tan-na, city 152 Puṇyavardhana, mistake for Puṇḍravardhana, city and territory 152 Purali, see Paralia, territory 118 Purāṇa 33, 61, 110; its theory of the seven continents 38, 47; the four continents 38, 40 Purañjaka, same as Śrāvasti, city 106 Puranirmitavartin, one of the heavenly worlds 43 Purasāhanaka, territory 100 Purī, same as Puruṣottamapurī or Jagan-nātha-purī 162n Purī-cuttack region 118 Purī-Cuttack-Balasore region 82, 152 Purika, people 93 n Purikā, city 80 Purīśreṣṭhā, same as Tirtharājī, Jitvarī, Tapaḥsthalī, Kāśī, Vārāṇasī, Kāśī, Vāraṇāsī, Vārāṇasī, Mahāśmaśāna, Ānandavana, Avimuktaka 107 Pūrṇotkaṭa, mountain 92 Purshāwar (Puruṣapura, Peshāwar), city 158 Pūru, people 25-27; later, a personal name spelt Puru 26-27 Puruṣa, see Puruṣapura, territory 108 Puruṣāda, people 92n; located in the southern region 64