Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.17
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.17
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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
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| | | A country spoken together with Pañcāla and Kuru, and with Maccha Sūrasena and Madda. | II, 214-G. 154; VI, 280-G. 1228. | According to the *Rāmāyaṇa*, the Kekayas were settled between Gandhāra and the Beās in the Punjab; Raychaudhury, *P. H. A. I.*, p. 41. |
| 61 | Ketumatī | A river flowing down the Vipula hill. | VI, 518-G. 1939; 519. | ? |
| 62 | Kebukā | A river. | III, 91-G. 106; 92-G. 107. | ? |
| 63 | Kelāsa | A mountain; white with snow. | I, 321; IV, 232; V, 39, 52; VI, 490-G. 1718; 515-G. 1918. | It is the well-known Kailāsa mountain. "It is a spur of the Gangri range; it is the Kangrinpoche of the Tibetans, situated about 25 miles north of Mānas-sarovara beyond the Gangri which is also Darchin, and to the east of the 'Niti Pass." De, *G. D.*, pp. 82-3; for its fine description, cf. Sven Hedin, *op. cit.*, II, ch. 51. |
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- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit