Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.22
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.22
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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 73 | Gaggali | A village-built on the southern bank of the Ganges. | VI, 431. | ? |
| 74 | Gaṅgā | A river; there was a great natural lake very near to the river; when there was a flood, the two became one; | See Anderson's Index; II, 79; V, 392. | It is of course the river Ganges; for its course, see De, G. D., p. 61; *I.A.*, L., pp. 8, 33, 65; Malalasekara's *Dictionary*, I, pp. 733-5. |
| | | "Whatever streams pour themselves into the Gaṅgā, all these lose names and kind"; the river had winter floods (*himoḍaka*); there were red fish in the river; it came on the way between Uttarapañcāla and Mithilā; it met the Yamunā at a certain place; its another name was Bhāgīrasī. | VI, 359-G. ? II, 450. III, 52. VI, 427. II, 151. V, 255-G. 27; VI, 204-G. 879. | The confluence is at Prayāga or Allāhābād, as is well-known. Named after Bhāgīratha; D. N. Sen, *I. A.*, L. p. 192. |
| 75 | Gandhamādana | A mountain in Himavanta. | III, 452-3, 478-G. 86; IV, 16, 287-G. 40-1, 438; V, 63-G. 163, 196-G. 11, | According to Mr. De, it was a part of the Rudra-Himālaya, G. D., p. 60. For description |