Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.23

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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 76 | Gandhara | A kingdom; | 395-G. 222 ; VI, 79-G. 304, 83, 518-G. 1936, 519, 528-G. 2010, 533, G. 2054, 579-G. 2376. | in Literature see Malalasekara, op. cit. I, pp. 746-8. |
| | | | I, 191, 273, 285, 317, 395 ; II, 217 ; III, 364, 365, 367-G. 77 ; VI, 500-G. 1796. | Occurring in the Vedic Literature under the name Gandhara; Vedic Index, I, pp. 218-9; it comprised the districts of Peshawar and Rawalpindi in the Northern Punjab; P. H. A. I., p. 39; it lay on both sides of the Indus; see also, Jayaswal, I. A. LXII, pp. 131-2. |
| | | famous for its bright robes (*Indagopakavannabha Gandhara Pandu Kambala*). | VI, 500-G. 1796. | |
| | | Capital Takkasila—a great centre of learning; it included Kasmira; it had trade relations with Videha. | I, 191, 273, 285, 317, 395 ; II, 217 ; III, 377 ; III, 365, Ibid. | See under Takkasila; the older capital seems to have been Puskaravati; De, op. cit., p. 61, C. A. G. I., pp. 56-8; 676; Puskaravati (Pencelaotis of |