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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Page vii
... scattered notices of the interior of the country . This infor- mation was considerably extended by the systematic inquiries of Ptolemy , whose account is the more valu- able , as it belongs to a period just midway PREFACE . vii.
... scattered notices of the interior of the country . This infor- mation was considerably extended by the systematic inquiries of Ptolemy , whose account is the more valu- able , as it belongs to a period just midway PREFACE . vii.
Page ix
... extended from A.D. 629 to 645. During that time he visited most of the great cities throughout the country , from Kabul and Kashmir to the mouths of the Ganges and Indus , and from Nepal to Kânchipura near Madras . The pilgrim entered ...
... extended from A.D. 629 to 645. During that time he visited most of the great cities throughout the country , from Kabul and Kashmir to the mouths of the Ganges and Indus , and from Nepal to Kânchipura near Madras . The pilgrim entered ...
Page xvii
... the peninsula , and some scattered s of the interior of the country . This infor- n was considerably extended by the systematic ries of Ptolemy , whose account is the more valu- able , as it belongs to a period just midway PREFACE . vii.
... the peninsula , and some scattered s of the interior of the country . This infor- n was considerably extended by the systematic ries of Ptolemy , whose account is the more valu- able , as it belongs to a period just midway PREFACE . vii.
Page xix
... extended from A.D. 629 to . During that time he visited most of the great es throughout the country , from Kabul and Kashmir he mouths of the Ganges and Indus , and from al to Kanchipura near Madras . The pilgrim red Kabul from the ...
... extended from A.D. 629 to . During that time he visited most of the great es throughout the country , from Kabul and Kashmir he mouths of the Ganges and Indus , and from al to Kanchipura near Madras . The pilgrim red Kabul from the ...
Page 5
... extend the limits of India to Ghazni on the north - west , and fix the other two points of the triangle at Cape Comorin , and Sadiya in Assam . At the presumed date of the composition of the ' Mahâbhârata , ' in the first century A.D. ...
... extend the limits of India to Ghazni on the north - west , and fix the other two points of the triangle at Cape Comorin , and Sadiya in Assam . At the presumed date of the composition of the ' Mahâbhârata , ' in the first century A.D. ...
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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