Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.32

c9.32

Gandhavati, mahāsabhā of the wind-god 45 Gaṇeśvara, deity and the district around his temple on the border of Śilahaṭṭa 109 Gaṇeśvara, deity and district around his temple on the western border of Kaccha 109 Gaṅgā, river issuing from the Himalayas 22, 56, 83, 103, 108, 154, 164-65: her seven streams 66n; issuing from Lake Padma 56; see Gaṅge 134 Gaṅgā, same as the Ṛṣikulyā, river 104 Gāṅga, see Ganges 119 Gaṅgādvāra, source of the Ganges 154 Gaṅgana, people 68 Gangaridai (Vaṅga), people 77, 119, 134, 140 Gaṅgāsāgar, same as Gaṅgāsāgara 119 Gaṅgāsāgara, junction of the Gaṅgā and the sea 77 Gaṅgāsāyara, same as Gaṅgāsāgara 155 Gaṅgā-tīra, the valley of the Gaṅgā 108 Gaṅgavāḍi, territory 100 Gaṅgā-Yamunā-saṅgama (Allahābād) 19 Gange (Gaṅgā), royal residence 77, 134; also called Ganges and described as a market town 119 Gangenoi (Taṅgana), people 140 Ganges (Gaṅgā), river 42, 75, 78, 84-86, 114-15, 118-19, 121, 126-29, 133-34, 137, 139, 154-55, 159 Ganges, same as Gange, market town 77, 119, 140 Ganges, same as Gāṅga, Vaṅga 119 Gangetic Gulf 124, 137 Gangetic spikenard and muslins 119 Gāṅgeya, Kalacuri king 156 Ganjam District 88, 152 Garga, astronomer 91 Gārgya, sage 37 Garhwal District 75 Garinaioi, people 150 Garma, see Hwuh-lo-mo, territory 151n *Garuda Purāṇa* 53n, 55n ; its geographical section 70-71 *Garuda*'s abode 62 Gatasmira, city 129 Gauḍa, country and people 100, 105, 107, 109, 165 Gauḍa-viṣaya 107 Gauhati region of Assam 77 Gauraean, people 76n Gauragrīva, people 91 and n Gaurī, river 49 ; same as the Panjkora 76n Gaurī's Father (Himālaya), 164 Gautama the Buddha 44 Gautamīputra Śātakarṇi, king 116n, 163-64 Gavya, people 97n Gayā, same as Gayārājarṣipūr 104 ; same as Pitṛtīrtha 107 Gaya District 78 Gayārājarṣipūr, same as Gayā, city 104 Gayaśiras (Gayā in Bihar), city 19 Gedrosia, same as the Baluchistan-Makran region 121 Ghaggar, river 24 Ghaṇṭaśāla, see Kontakossyla, city 124 Ghāṭs, Eastern 80 Ghāṭs, Western 87 ; see Adeisathron 125 Ghaṭṭa, same as the Western Ghāṭs 109 Ghazipur District 152 Ghazna, same as Ghaznī, city 153, 158 Ghaznī, city and district 27, 74-75 Ghogra, river 25, 84 ; see Sarabos 126, 140 Ghora, people 95 Ghora-Lohamukha, peoples located in the eastern region 62 Ghoṣa, people 91, 92n, 97, 98n Ghoṣa-saṅkhya, people 91 Ghoṣitārāma slab inscription 162 Ghṛtavara, island-continent encircled by the Ghṛtoda ocean 57