Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.39

c8.39

| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 122 | Nemindhara | A mountain among the seven encircling the R. Sīdā. | VI, 125-G. 557. | Cf. Hardy, *op. cit.*, p. 12 ; probably it was a peak in the Kārakorum range. |
| 123 | Nerañjarā | A river. | IV, 392, 397-G. 40. | It is identical with the modern Nilājan or Lilājan at a short distance to the east of Bodh-gayā, which has its source near Simeria in the district of Hazāribāgh. Mohanā and Nilājan unite to form the river Phalgu. Law, *G. E. B.*, p. 39; Barua, *Gayā and Buddha Gayā*, p. 101. |
| 124 | Neru | A mountain in the Himavanta ; 'noblest of mountains.' | III, 247-G. 22, 248-G. 25. | See Meru. |
| 125 | Pañcāla | A kingdom. | II, 214-G. 154 ; III, 80-G. 90-1, 381 ; VI, 412-G. 1461, 424-G. 1491. | Same as Uttarapañcāla. |
| 126 | Paṇḍaraka | A mountain—spoken together with Mallagiri and Tikūṭa. | IV, 438-G. 169. | It is perhaps the Pāṇḍura of the Purāṇas; Cf., *e.g.*, *Mārk. P.*, 55, 10, which calls it the 'loftiest |