Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.54
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.54
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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 159 | Meru | A mountain | IV, 462-G. 236. | According to Mr. Sherring, all local traditions fix Mount Meru as lying direct to the north of the Almora district (Western Tibet p. 40). It is Mount Meros of Alexander's historians, near mount Nysa or Niṣadha, our Nisabha—mod. Hindukush ; De, G. D. pp. 130, 197 ; McCrindle, *Invasion of India by Alexander*, pp. 338-40. |
| 160 | Molinī | A city—another name of Benares. | IV, 15, 20-G. 32, 21. | ? |
| 161 | Yamunā | A river. | II, 151; VI, 158, 161, 162, 163, 164-G. 750 ; 170, 172-G. 765; 197, 198-G. 857 ; 200-G. 867 ; 217. | It is modern Jumnā, having its source in the Bhandarapuccha range in the Himālayas ; De, G. D. p. 215. |
| | | It met the Gaṅgā at a certain place. | II, 151. | Evidently at Prayāg or Allāhābād. |
| | | Its fish are praised. | II, 152, *Gāthā* (?) | |
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- Jātaka — Pāli