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
... present inquiry , as I believe that the peculiarly favourable opportunities of local investigation which I enjoyed during a long career in India , will enable me to de- termine with absolute certainty the sites of many of the most ...
... present inquiry , as I believe that the peculiarly favourable opportunities of local investigation which I enjoyed during a long career in India , will enable me to de- termine with absolute certainty the sites of many of the most ...
Page xiv
... of these will be described in the fol- lowing account , I will notice here only a few of the more prominent of my discoveries , for the purpose of יד showing that I have not undertaken the present work without xiv PREFACE .
... of these will be described in the fol- lowing account , I will notice here only a few of the more prominent of my discoveries , for the purpose of יד showing that I have not undertaken the present work without xiv PREFACE .
Page xv
... present work without much previous preparation . 1. Aornos , the famous rock fort captured by Alex- ander the Great . 2. Taxila , the capital of the north - western Panjab . 3. Sangala , the hill fortress in the central Panjab ...
... present work without much previous preparation . 1. Aornos , the famous rock fort captured by Alex- ander the Great . 2. Taxila , the capital of the north - western Panjab . 3. Sangala , the hill fortress in the central Panjab ...
Page 41
... present day the circuit of the walled town is not more than one mile and a quarter . Vigne calls it an irregular pentagon , with sides vary- ing from 200 to 400 yards in length , strengthened by numerous towers . He adds , * that " the ...
... present day the circuit of the walled town is not more than one mile and a quarter . Vigne calls it an irregular pentagon , with sides vary- ing from 200 to 400 yards in length , strengthened by numerous towers . He adds , * that " the ...
Page 43
... present Lamghān , which is only a small tract of country , lying along the northern bank of the Kabul river , bounded on the west and east by the Alingar and Kunar rivers , and on the north by the snowy mountains . This small tract is ...
... present Lamghān , which is only a small tract of country , lying along the northern bank of the Kabul river , bounded on the west and east by the Alingar and Kunar rivers , and on the north by the snowy mountains . This small tract is ...
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Abu Rihān Abul Fazl According agrees Akbar Alexander Alexander's Alor ancient Aornos Arrian Balabhi Banāras bank Bengal Biās Brahmans breadth bricks Buddha Buddhist called capital Ceylon Chenāb Chinese pilgrim cloth Curtius Debal described distance district Doāb east eastern Edited exactly F. J. FURNIVALL Fa-Hian famous feet Ganges Ghazni Greek Haidarābād Harapa hill Hindu Hwen Thsang identified India Indo-Scythian Indus inscription Jalālpur 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 Multān nearly north-east north-west Ohind Panjāb Pliny position present probably province Ptolemy Purāna Raja Rāvi 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