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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... original measurements were most probably made by Diognetus and Baiton , whose duty it was to ascer- tain the distances and lengths of Alexander's expeditions . See Plin . Hist . Nat . , vi . 21 . B never been surpassed . Buchanan ...
... original measurements were most probably made by Diognetus and Baiton , whose duty it was to ascer- tain the distances and lengths of Alexander's expeditions . See Plin . Hist . Nat . , vi . 21 . B never been surpassed . Buchanan ...
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... original metropolis of the country , which was sup- planted by Alexandria during the Greek domination , and restored by the earlier Indo - Scythian princes . But it would appear to have been again abandoned before the seventh century ...
... original metropolis of the country , which was sup- planted by Alexandria during the Greek domination , and restored by the earlier Indo - Scythian princes . But it would appear to have been again abandoned before the seventh century ...
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... original form of the name was the Sanskrit Lampaka . I would , there- fore , correct Ptolemy's Lambata to Lambage , by the slight change of r for T. The modern name is only an abbreviation of Lampaka , formed by the elision of the ...
... original form of the name was the Sanskrit Lampaka . I would , there- fore , correct Ptolemy's Lambata to Lambage , by the slight change of r for T. The modern name is only an abbreviation of Lampaka , formed by the elision of the ...
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... original Hira or Hida . The capital must , therefore , have been situated on the plain of Begrâm , which is described by Masson * as " literally covered with tumuli and mounds . " " These , " he adds , " are truly sepulchral monuments ...
... original Hira or Hida . The capital must , therefore , have been situated on the plain of Begrâm , which is described by Masson * as " literally covered with tumuli and mounds . " " These , " he adds , " are truly sepulchral monuments ...
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... original form was the Sanskrit Saraswati , which in Zend became Haraqaïti , and in Greek ' Apaxwrós , all of which agree in the last two syllables with the Chinese Tsaukuta . The first Chinese syllable Tsau must , there- fore ...
... original form was the Sanskrit Saraswati , which in Zend became Haraqaïti , and in Greek ' Apaxwrós , all of which agree in the last two syllables with the Chinese Tsaukuta . The first Chinese syllable Tsau must , there- fore ...
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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