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 viii
... North - west India had been subjected by the Indo - Scythians . With Ptolemy , we lose the last of our great classi- cal authorities ; and , until lately , we were left almost entirely to our own judgment in connecting and arranging the ...
... North - west India had been subjected by the Indo - Scythians . With Ptolemy , we lose the last of our great classi- cal authorities ; and , until lately , we were left almost entirely to our own judgment in connecting and arranging the ...
Page ix
... north - west , viâ Bamian , about the end of May , A.D. 630 , and after many wanderings and several long halts , crossed the Indus at Ohind in April of the following year . He spent several months in Taxila for the purpose of visiting ...
... north - west , viâ Bamian , about the end of May , A.D. 630 , and after many wanderings and several long halts , crossed the Indus at Ohind in April of the following year . He spent several months in Taxila for the purpose of visiting ...
Page x
... north - west , a dis- tance of 200 miles to Thanesar , from whence he re- sumed his easterly route viâ Srughna on the Jumna , and Gangadwára on the Ganges to Ahichhatra , the capital of Northern Panchála , or Rohilkhand . He next ...
... north - west , a dis- tance of 200 miles to Thanesar , from whence he re- sumed his easterly route viâ Srughna on the Jumna , and Gangadwára on the Ganges to Ahichhatra , the capital of Northern Panchála , or Rohilkhand . He next ...
Page xi
... north - west he reached Kosala , or Berar , in the very heart of the peninsula . Then re- suming his southerly course he passed through Andhra , or Telingana to Dhanakakata , or Amaravati on the Kistna river , where he spent many months ...
... north - west he reached Kosala , or Berar , in the very heart of the peninsula . Then re- suming his southerly course he passed through Andhra , or Telingana to Dhanakakata , or Amaravati on the Kistna river , where he spent many months ...
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... North - west India had been subjected by the Indo - Scythians . With Ptolemy , we lose the last of our great classi- cal authorities ; and , until lately , we were left almost entirely to our own judgment in connecting and arranging the ...
... North - west India had been subjected by the Indo - Scythians . With Ptolemy , we lose the last of our great classi- cal authorities ; and , until lately , we were left almost entirely to our own judgment in connecting and arranging the ...
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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