Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.9

c9.9

Aśmanvatī, river 24 Asmiraia, mountain 149 Asmiraia, city 150 Aśoka, Maurya emperor 33, 41, 59, 73 ; his inscriptions 20, 34, 161 Aspabota, town 147 Aspakaia, city 150 Aspakara, city 150 Aspakarai, people 150 Aspasian, people 76n Aspathis, town 133 Aspisia, mountain 147 Aspisioi Skythai, Śaka clan 148 Assakenos (Aśvaka), king of the people of the Swat-Buner region 76n Assam, state 77,84, 108 Asta, also called Astamaya, mythical mountain 106 Aṣṭādhyāyī, Pāṇini’s grammar 34 Asta-giri, the mythical Sun-set mountain 50, 95 and n Astakana, town 144 Astakapra, same as Hastakavapra, modern Hathab 131 Astamaya, same as Asta, the mythical Sunset mountain 106 Asthagoura, city 133 Astrassos, city 129 Āśuga, people located in the northern region 64 Asura, demons 39 ; their land beyond the sea in the east 62 Asura-bhavana 40, 44 Aśvakarṇa, mountain around the Meru 39 Aśvakeśa, people 95 Aśvamedha, people located in the eastern region 64 Aśvamedha, sacrifice 20 Aśvamukha, people 90, 96, 97n, 101, 152 living in the eastern region 67n Aśva-nadī, Aśvaratha-nadī, modern Kunti, river 72, 85 Aśvarathā, river running by the Khāṇḍava forest 32 Aśvattha, people 91n, 92n Aśvavadana, people 92n Aśvinī, constellation 97 Atala, one of the seven Pātālas 50 Aṭali, territory 153 Āṭavika, people located in the southern region 64 Aṭavipurī, town in the southern region 65 Āṭavya, people 79 Atharvaveda 9 Athenagouron, locality 141 Atilāṅgala, country 101 Atinavācala, territory 153 Atisindhu, country 101 A-t’o-li, territory 153 Atri, people 94n Atri, sage 37 Attabas, river 138, 140 Attock, locality 158 Audumbara, people 71, 91n, 92n Augaloi, people 145 Aukhavana, people or forest 93 Aupadha, people 75 Aupamanyava Kāmboja 29 Aurangabad District 80, 115 Aurasa, people of Urasā, modern Hazara District of West Pakistan 67n, 89; same as Arosa 100 Aurdhvika, people 93n Aurṇavābha, sage 19 Aurora Borealis 59 Auśīnara, Uśīnara’s son (Śibi) 18 Auśīra, country 108 Auxakia, town 149 Auxakian mountain 148 Auxakitis, people 149 Auxoamis, town 131