Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.32

c8.32

| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 102 | Dakkhināpatha | The Southern division of India. | III, 463 ; V, 133. | Supra, p. 367. |
| 103 | Dandakahirañña | A mountain in the Himavanta ; it was reached after crossing the three ranges of mountains from Benares. | II, 33, 36, 38. | ? |
| 104 | Daddara | A mountain in the Himavanta. | II, 67-G. 41 ; III, 16. | Most probably, it is the same as Dardura mountain mentioned in the Purāṇas. See Mārk. P., 57, 13; it should be located north of Kāshmīr and among the Hindukush. |
| 105 | Daddarapura | A city. | III, 461. | We propose to connect it with the Darada people mentioned in the Purāṇas : Mārk. P., 57, 38 ; Viṣṇu, P., II, III ; it should then be located in the present Dārdistān : See Aurel Stein, Khotān, pp. 14-18; the Derdai are known to the Greek writers: McCrindle, op. cit., p. 51 and note Cf. I. A., 1884, p. 345. |