Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.70

c8.70

| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 187 | Sineru | A mountain | I, 202, 322 ; V, 314, 332; VI, 174, 278-G, 1213, 362, 432, 486-G, 1703, 575, 586. | It is the same as Sumeru or Meru simply. See under Meru. |
| | | At its foot were heaps of golden sands (*Ratanavāluka*) | V, 314; VI, 362. | *Cf.* the association of Meru with the Vālukārṇava to the N. of the Himavanta in the MBH : Raychaudhury, *Studies in Indian Antiquities* ; p. 64 note, and Aciravati; *Buddhist India*, p. 40. It is identified with the great ruined city called Sahet-mahet on the south bank of the Rāpti, bearing identity, according to Dr. B. C. Law, with Aciravati of Buddhist fame, between Akaona and Balrāmpur. It is the She-wei of Fa-Hian and She-lo-fa-si-ti of Huen Tsang ; *C. A. G. I.*, pp. 467 *ff.* See now Law, *Śrāvastī in Indian Literature*, A.S.R. |