Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.12
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.12
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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 44 | Kalyāṇī | A river in Ceylon (Tambapaṇṇi); on the other side was Nāgadīpa | II, 128. V, 124-G. 48. | It is modern Kaelanī-Gaṅgā in Ceylon: See *J.P.T. S.*, 1888, p. 20. Law, *G. E. B.* p. 71. According to legends Kalyāṇī was at one time much further from the sea than it is now: *Mahāvaṃsa*, XXII, 12 *ff.* |
| 45 | Kavittha | A forest on the banks of the Godāvarī extending over 3 yojanas. | V, 123, 133. | According to Buddhaghosa, *Sutta N. Com.*, II, 581, it was an island in the fork of the river. |
| 46 | Kasmīra | A kingdom spoken together with Gandhāra. | III, 365, 378. | Evidently the same as modern Kashmir. |
| 47 | Kākaneru | A mountain. | VI, 204-G. 880; 212-G. 916. | Probably a peak of the Sineru range. See Sineru. |
| 48 | Kāradīpa | An island near Nāgadīpa: same as Ahidīpa. | IV, 238. | See Ahidīpa. Kāradīpa receives its name from the Kāra trees which grew there. |
| 49 | Kālapabbata | A mountain in Himavanta, on which was the table-land of Manosilā. | VI, 265. | Same as Kālagiri; not identifiable. See *Mahāvastu*, II, 300. |