Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.5
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.5
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An-t’o-lo (Andhra), country 153 Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor 121n Anu, people 25 Anūpa, people and country 82 Anutaptā, river in the Pakṣa-dvīpa 44n, 49 Anuttapta, lake 44 and n, 49 Anuviddha, v.l. Anuviśva, people 98n Anuviśva, v.l. Anuviddha, people 98n Anyataḥplakṣa, lake 16, 32 Aornos, fortress 76n Aorsoi, people 148 Apalola, v.l. Paṭola, people 98n Apara-gandhika, same as Ketumāla 105n Apara-Godāna, same as Apara-Goyāna, called Ketumāla in the Purāṇas 39-40, 42 Aparājita, name of the southern gate of the Jambu-dvīpa 47 Apara-Mālava, same as Avanti, country 107 Apara-Matsya, land in the southern region 64 Aparānta, same as Pāścātya or Paścād-deśa, lying to the west of the Madhya-deśa, people and country (North Konkan) 69, 73, 80, 95, 106-107 Aparāntaka, same as Aparānta, people 95n, 112 ; see Ariake 122 Apara-Seka, land in the southern region 64 Apara-Videha, division of the Videha-varṣa 57 Aparita, people 73 Āpayā, river 18, 27 Apokopa, same as the Aravalli range 125 Apollodotus, Indo-Greek king 114 Apsūr, locality 156 Āra, same as Ārava or Āraba, people 108 Arab, people 75 ; same as Mleccha 98 Āraba, same as Arab, people 98, 100 Arabia, country of the Arabs 116 Arabian Sea 20, 33, 163 Arabian wine 115 Arachosia, Arakhosia, the Kandahar region, country 126