Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.43
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.43
- Language
- English
c9.43
Kaikeya, people or country on the Jhelam 74, 96 Kailāsa, mountain 96; on the bank of the Anuttapta lake 44n; Umāvana 46; see Rajat-ādri 106; on the boundary of Mabācīna 109 Kailāvata, people 97n Kaira (Kheḍā, Kheṭaka) in Gujarāt 153 Kairāta, see Kirāta, people 96 Kairātaka, same as the Kairāta, people 97n Kaisana, city 128 Kaithal, locality 158 Kajaṅgala, modern Kankjol, locality in East Bihar 17, 69, 152; see Ka-chu-wen-k'i-lo 152 Kajūrāha (Kharjūravāhaka, Khajurāho), city 156 Kāka, people 93n Kakhagai Skythai, Śaka clan 148 Kakobai, people 141 Kakudmat, mountain in the Śālmali-dvīpa 49 Kākulālaka, people 93 Kākundī, same as Vāraṇāvata, locality 106 Kala, people of the south-western region, probably a mistake for Kapila 94 Kala, people located in the western region 95 Kāla, mountain in the northern region 63 Kāla, mountain to the west of the Śītoda lake 46 Kalahayañjaya, probably a mistake for Kālañjara, fort 101 Kalaikarias, locality 123 Kālāja, people 95n Kālājina, locality 93, 94n Kālājina-dvīpa 94n Kālaka, people 95 and n Kālaka-vana, forest 69; near Allāhābad 16 Kālakoṭi, people 91 and n, 92n Kālakūṭa, mountain on the bank of the Anuttapta lake 44n Kālakūṭa, people or locality in the northern region 64 Kālamahi, river in the eastern region 62 kāla-marica, pepper, product 120n Kālamukha, locality or people 68 Kālamukha, people or locality in the southern reglon 64 Kālanjar (Kālañjara), fortress 156 Kālañjara, see Kālanjar, hill fort 101, 156, 164n Kalāpagrāmaka, people 89 Kāla-parvata, mountain below Manaḥśilātala 44n Kalas-odadhi, see Manth-odadhi, ocean 105n Kālatoyaka, people 73 Kāleśvara, deity and the district around his temple 108 Kalhaṇa, author 107 Kālidāsa, poet 59, 65, 77, 81 Kālika, people 80 Kālikā, deity and the district around her temple 108 Kalikātā, same as Calcutta, mentioned in the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa 110 Kālī-nadī, river 84 Kalinda, mountain 103 Kālindī, same as the Yamunā, river 106; located in the eastern region 62 Kālindī-taṭa, the Yamunā valley 164n Kalindoia, city 136 Kālindrī, same as the Kālindī, Yamunā 104 Kaliṅga, people and country 73, 79, 81-82, 92, 93n, 99, 103, 106, 107-08, 153; located in the southern region 62, 64; see Konkonagai 133 Kaliṅga, mountain to the south of the Mānasa lake 45 Kaliṅga (Kaliṅganagara wrongly placed), city 136 Kāliṅga, country 108 Kaliṅgaka, same as Taitula (Tosala), people and country 106