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Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.28

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.28

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c9.28

Drepsa, metropolitan city 146 Drepsianoi, people 145 Drilophyllitai, people 133 Droṇa, mountain in the Śālmalī-dvīpa 49 Drosakhe, city 150 Dṛṣadvatī, river 17n, 18, 24, 27, 84 Druhyu, prince and people 25-26 Drybaktai, people 145 Dūdahi, locality 156 Dūgum, locality 155 Dūgumpūr, locality 155 Dunbāwand, mountain, 159 Dundubhi, mountain in the Plakṣa-dvīpa 49 Dundubhi, prince ruling over a part of the Krauñca-dvīpa 48 Dunpūr, locality 158 Durdara, mistake for Dardura 94n Durga, people or locality 80 Durgā, river 80, 87 Duṣyanta, king 19, 37 Dvār (Dvāra), watch station 158 Dvārakā, city 81, 108; same as Vanamālinī, Dvāravatī, Abdhinagarī 105; see Baraca or Barake 112, 137; see Dvārāvatī 107 Dvāravatī, same as Dvārāvatī, Dvārakā Kuśasthalī, Vanamālinī 107; see Dvārikā 104; see Dvārakā 105; chief city of Saurāṣṭra 99 Dvārāvatī, see Dvāravatī, etc. 104, 107 Dvāravatipada, kṣudra-dvīpa 105n Dvārikā, see Dvāravatī, etc. 104 Dvīpa-cakravartin, designation 39 Dviviṣṭha, people 98n Dwarka (Dvārakā), river 88 Dyutimat, mountain in the Kuśa-dvīpa 49 Dyutimat, king of the Krauñca-dvīpa 48 earth, four-continent, Buddhist conception of 38; seven-continent 47 Ebousmouanasa, town 144 Egypt, country 115, 117, 120n Eirinon, gulf 112