Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.79

c8.79

| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 199 | Surundhama | A city—an older name of Bārāṇasī. | IV, 104, 113-G. 58, 119. | ? |
| 200 | Suvaṇṇapabbata | A mountain in the Himavanta. | V, 38, 42-G. 105, 47 ; VI, 514. | Some peak adjoining the Meru which is said to be a golden mount: *‘Meru kanakaparvata-’Mārk. P., 54, 14 Cf. Al-beruni, (Sachau’s) I, 147. It must be a part of the Altai range, the Mongolian name for which (Altain-ula) means “mountain of gold.” Jayaswāl, I. A., 1933, p. 170.* |
| 201 | Suvaṇṇabhūmi | A country—whereto traders from Bharukaccha, Benares and Campā sailed in quest of riches. | III, 188 ; IV, 15 ; VI, 34. | It is the Golden Chersonese of Ptolemy. *I. A.*, 1884, p. 372. It is mentioned in the *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭilya, Bk. II, Ch. 11, as a gold-producing land. It is identified with the country extending beyond the eastern and northern coasts of the Bay of Bengal or Ramannadesa, i.e., Lower Burma or Pegu and |