Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.22
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.22
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Chan-p’o (Campā), city 152 Chaul, port 108; see Semylla 116, 122 Chenab, river 75, 76; see Candrāha 158; see Sandabal 125; see Candrabhāgā 83, 103, 106 Chersonesus (Khersonesos), probably the same as Karwar 116 Che-shi (Chaj or Tashkand), locality 151n Chih-chi-t’o, territory 153 China, country 139, 156; see This 119 Chi-na-p’uh-ti (Cinabhukti), territory 151 Chinese Turkestān, ruins of Buddhist establishments in 59 Chingleput District 153 Ch’i-ngoh-yen-na (Chaghanian or Soghanian), territory 151n Chiruti, railway station 162 Chitoḍgaḍh, locality 73, 162n Chittar, river 88 Cho-kiu-kia, territory 153 Chryse (Khryse) Island, same as Suvarṇadvīpa or °bhūmi 117-19 Chu-li-ye (Coliya), country 153 Cina, Mongoloid peoples and their country 67, 75, 89, 98n, 100; living in the western region 66n; same as Kharambhara 105; same as Tibet 109 Cinabhukti, see Chi-na-p’uh-ti, territory 151 Cina-Kirāta, people 67n Cina-maru, people of the western region 67n, 89 Cipiṭanāsa, people 97n Cipiṭanāsika (Cipiṭanāsa), people 97n Cira-nivāsin, people 98n Ciraprāvaraṇa, people 98 Cirrhadae (Kirrhadae), same as Kirāta, people 119 Citang, Citrang, Cautang, river 24 Citoḍ, fort 157 Citrā, constellation 93 Citrakūṭa, hill in the Vindhyan range 86 Citrakūṭa, hill on the bank of the Anuttapta lake 44n Citrakūṭa, modern Citoḍ, fortress 93, 94n, 157 Citrakūṭa, same as Suvela, hill 106 Citrakūṭā, probably a portion of the Man-dākin, river 86 Citrakūṭadvāra-koṣṭhaka 44 Citralatā-vana 44 Citrotpalā, tributary of the Mahānadī or a part of it, river 86 Cittaūḍa, Citoḍ, fort 157 Civiḍa, long-haired people 96 Claudias Ptolemaeus, Greek geographer 121n Clover, product 120n Coast country 118 Coḍa, same as Coḷa, people and country 103, 107 Coimbatore District 87 Coḷa, people and country 34, 79, 93, 94n, 108 ; living in the southern region 62 ; called Coḍa 107 ; called Utpalāvarta 106 ; wrongly assigned to the northern region 64 Coḷaka, same as Coḷa, people 94n Coḷa-nāyaka, see Sornas, Sornagos 136 Colchi (Kolkhi), same as Kolkoi, port 118 Coḷeśa, deity and the district around his temple 108 Coḷīya, same as the Telugu-Coḍa country 153 Comari (Komari), same as Kumārī, Comorin 118 Comorin (Komorin), see Komaria, cape 79, 102, 123 ; see Comari 118 Coṇḍra, mistake for Coḍa, people of the south 64 Coorg, territory 87 Coral, product 120n Cosmic golden egg (*Hiraṇyagarbha*) 12 Costus, kuṣṭha, product 120n Cottonara, district in Malabar 117 cotymba, kind of boat 113