Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c8.89
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c8.89
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| No. | Name | Description | Reference | Identification |
| 210 | Himavanta-padesa | The Himilaya region; on the eastern side of this region were green flowing streams having their source in slight and gentle mountain slopes. | V, 419. | Emodes of the Greeks and the Hi-mo-ta-lo of Yuan Chwang ; *Ibid* ; Watters, *Yuan Chwang*, II, pp. 274 *ff* ; *I. A.* 1933, p. 169 n. It should denote the region on and near the slopes of the great mountain chain stretching from Kashmir to Assam. *Cf.* De, *G. D.* p. 75. |
| 211 | Himaññavati | A city—another name of Bhogavati, the capital of the Nāga king Varuṇa. | VI, 269-G. 1164. | See Bhogavati. |
| 213 | Hemavatī | A river. | IV, 437. | It may refer to some or any river flowing from the Himālayas. |
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