Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.21
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.21
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Candella dynasty 164n Candra, mountain in the Plakṣa-dvīpa 49 Candra, probably associated with Candana of Iranian origin 116n Candra (Candragupta II), king 163 Candrā, river in the Śālmalī-dvīpa 49 Candrabhāgā (Chenab), river 83, 103, 106 ; see Candrāha 158 ; same as Candrikā 104 see Sandabal 125 Candrabhāsā, mistake for Candrabhāgā, river 106 Candr-ācala, mountain 103 Candracitra, people located in the western region 63 Candra-dvīpa, to the south of the Uttara-Kuru 40n Candragupta, Maurya king 34n Candragupta II, Gupta king 163 Candrāha (Candrabhāgā, Chenab), river 158 Candramas, the moon-god 43 Cāndrapura, people of Candrapura 92n Candrāvatī, river in the Candra-dvīpa 40n Candreśvara, mistake for Oḍra 92 Candrikā, same as the Candrabhāgā, river 104, 106 Cannanore, see Naura, locality 116 Cannibals on the sea-coast 92 Cape Comorin 79, 102 Cape of Spices 117 Carma-dvīpa, territory 93 and n Carmakhaṇḍika, people of Samarkand 73, 76 Carmaṇvatī, same as the Chambal, river 72 ; called Ranti-nadī 104 Carmaṇvatī-kūla, land in the southern region 64 Carmapaṭṭa, mistake for Dharma-paṭṭana 93 Carmaraṅga, territory 96n carnelian, product 120n Carukīna, v. l. Tharukīna, people 98 Caspapyrene, same as Kaśyapapura, Kaśmīra, territory 115 Caspian Sea 119 Caṣṭana, Śaka Satrap 111n Cāṭa, same as Caṭṭagrāma, Cāṭigrāma 101 Cathaean, people 76n Caṭṭagrāma, see Cāṭa, territory 101 Caturmahārājika, a heavenly world 43-44 Catvāro dvīpāḥ, ‘the Four Island-Continents’ 39 Cauḍa, same as Cola, people 103 Caula, same as Cola, people 108 Cautang (Citang, Citrang), river 24 Cedi, people and country 35n, 92-93, 99; in the Ken valley in Bundelkhand 26; in the eastern region 64; same as Caidya, Traipura, Dāhala, etc. 104, 106-07 Cedi-deśa, country 164n Cedika, same as Cedi, people and country 93n Cedinagarī, same as Tripurī, city 104; see Cedipūr, 107 Cedipūr, same as Tripurī, Cedinagarī 107 Cerapāda, same as Kerala, people 79 Cerobothra (Kerobothros), same as Keralaputra, royal title 116, 135 Ceryāryaka, wrong text 94n Ceylon, island country 63, 153; see Sarandib 160; see Tāmraparṇī 118 Chaduba, locality 137 Chaghanian, see Ch’i-ngoh-yen-na, territory 151n Chaj, see Che-shi (Tashkand), territory 151n Chambal, ancient Carmanvatī, river 85-86 Champaran District 42 Chan-chu, territory 152 Chāndogya Upaniṣad 12 Charsadda, locality 73, 75 Charsadda-Mir Ziyarat region 128 Chatrapatha, locality 68 Cheh-ka (Ṭakka), country 151