The Ancient Geography of India: I. The Buddhist Period, Including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-ThsangTrübner and Company, 1871 - 589 pages |
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... Raja Buna - Mu- galán , who was defeated and killed in A.D. 639 ; and it is only reasonable to infer that the Ceylonese monks , whom the pilgrim met at Kânchipura , must have left their country at once , and have reached that place ...
... Raja Buna - Mu- galán , who was defeated and killed in A.D. 639 ; and it is only reasonable to infer that the Ceylonese monks , whom the pilgrim met at Kânchipura , must have left their country at once , and have reached that place ...
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... Raja Milindu . In another passage of the same chronicle , † Milindu is said to have been born at Alasanda , or Alexandria , the capital of the Yona , or Greek country . Kalasi must therefore have been either Alexandria itself or some ...
... Raja Milindu . In another passage of the same chronicle , † Milindu is said to have been born at Alasanda , or Alexandria , the capital of the Yona , or Greek country . Kalasi must therefore have been either Alexandria itself or some ...
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... Raja Banár , it seems probable that the plain of Chach may have been named after the Brahman dynasty of Ohind . It is curious that the Brahman dynasty of Sindh was also established by a Chach in A.D. 641 ; but it is still more ...
... Raja Banár , it seems probable that the plain of Chach may have been named after the Brahman dynasty of Ohind . It is curious that the Brahman dynasty of Sindh was also established by a Chach in A.D. 641 ; but it is still more ...
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... Raja Hodi . " * In 1848 I suggested that the " vast hill fortress of Ráni - gat , situated immediately above the small village of Nogrâm , about 16 miles north by west from Ohind , corresponded in all essential par- ticulars with the ...
... Raja Hodi . " * In 1848 I suggested that the " vast hill fortress of Ráni - gat , situated immediately above the small village of Nogrâm , about 16 miles north by west from Ohind , corresponded in all essential par- ticulars with the ...
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... instance in the famous city of Delhi ; which , besides its ancient ap- * Journ . Asiat . Soc . Bengal , 1836 , p . 479. + Ibid . , 1836 , p . 394 . self daily . The fort itself is attributed to Raja 50 THE ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA .
... instance in the famous city of Delhi ; which , besides its ancient ap- * Journ . Asiat . Soc . Bengal , 1836 , p . 479. + Ibid . , 1836 , p . 394 . self daily . The fort itself is attributed to Raja 50 THE ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA .
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Abu Rihân Abul Fazl According agrees Akbar Alexander Alexander's Alor ancient Aornos Arrian Balabhi Banâras bank Bengal Biâs Brahmans breadth bricks Buddha Buddhist called capital Ceylon Chenâb Chinese pilgrim cloth Curtius Debal described distance district Doâb east eastern Edited exactly F. J. FURNIVALL Fa-Hian famous feet Ganges Ghazni Greek Haidarâbâd Harapa hill Hindu Hwen Thsang identified India Indo-Scythian Indus inscription Jalâlpur Jhelam Johiyas Journ Julien's Hiouen Thsang Jumna Kabul Kanoj Kashmir king kingdom Kosala Kusinagara language Magadha Malwa measurement mentioned miles in circuit monastery mound mountain Muhammadan Multân nearly north-east north-west Ohind Panjâb Pliny position present probably province Ptolemy Purâna Raja Râvi reign river road route ruins Sangala Sanskrit Satlej seventh century sewed Sindh situated south-east south-west Srughna stadia Strabo stupa Taxila temple tion town translation Travels valley village visited western whole yojanas