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Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.31

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.31

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c9.31

Cālava, sage 37 Gamaliba, v.l. Gabaliba, city 134 Gamerai, v.l. Zamirai 140 Gammogoura, city 131 Gaṇabāhya, mistake for Gaṇarājya 93 Gaṇa-rājya, territory 93, 94n gaṇḍa (rhinoceros), animal 157 Gaṇḍak (Burhī-Gaṇḍak), same as Gaṇḍaka, river 25, 84 Gaṇḍaka (people of the Gaṇḍaki valley), located in the eastern region 64, 93n Gaṇḍaki, river 84, 109 Gandaraei, same as the Gandhāra people of the Rawalpindi region 114 Gandarai (Gandhāra), people 128 Gandari, people 76n gandha-benā, jvarāṅkuśa (nard) product 120n Gandhahāraka, same as Gandhāra 100 Gandhamādana, mountain to the south of Mt. Meru and associated with the Jambudvīpa 45; situated on the shore of the Anuttapta lake 44n; situated on the east or west of the Meru 46 Gandhamādana, name of the Ketumāla or Bhadrāśva varṣa 53 Gandhāra, people and country 36n, 59, 67n, 73, 89, 96, 97n; see Gandaraei 114; see Gandarai 128 see Kandhār 151; see Kan-t’o-lo 151; see Gandhahāraka 100; located in the western region 67n; see Dihaṇḍa 105 Gandhārī, people of the western region 14n, 26-27; mentioned with the Mūjavat 30 Gandharva, guardians of the Cāturmahārājika 43 Gandharva, inhabitants of the Kuśa-dvīpa 49; their land located in the western region (Gandhāra) 63 Gandharva, living on the banks of the Bhāgīrathī in the Himalayan region 89, 98 Gāndharva, subdivision of the Bhārata-varṣa 54-55