Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Alberuni's India (v. 1)

(London :  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1910.)

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300                        ALBERUNPS INDIA.

Pago 151. linga, Abhira, tshlka, Atavya, Savara (?), Pulindra,
Vindhyamuli, Vaidarbha, Dandaka, Mhlika (!), Asraaka,
Naitika(!), Bhogavardhana, Kuntala, Andhra, Udbhira,
Nalaka, Alika, Dakshinatya, Vaidesa, Surpakaraka,
Kolavana, Durga, Tillita (?), Puleya, Krala (!), Rl:ipaka,
Tamasa, Tarilpana (?), Karaskara, Nasikya, Uttaranar-
mada, Bhanukacchra (?), Maheya, Saraswata (?), Kacr
chiya, Surashtra, Anartta, Hudvuda (?).
The people in the west:—

Malada (?), Kariisha, Mekala, Utkala, Uttamarna,
Basarna (?), Bhoja, Kishkinda, Kosala, Traipura, Vaidika,
Tharpura (?), Tumbura, Shattumana (?),  Padha, Kar-

Page 152.      napravarana (!),  Hiina, Darva,  Hiihaka (!), Trigartta,
Malava, Kirata, Tamara,
The people in the north :—

Vahlika (!), Vadha, Vana (?), Abhira, Kalatoyaka,
Aparanta (?), Pahlava, Carmakhandika, Gandhara, Ya¬
vana, Sindhu, Sauvira, i.e. Multan and Jahrawar,
Madhra (?), Saka, Drihala (?), Litta (Kulinda), Malla (?),
Kodara (?), Atreya, Bharadva, Jaiigala, Daseruka (!),
Lampaka, Talakiina (?), Siilika, Jagara.

The names of the countries for the tortoise-figure, as
taken from the Samhitd of Vardhamihira.

I.   The names of the countries in the centre of the
realm :—

Bhadra, Ari, Meda, Mandavya, Salvani, Pojjihana,
Maru, Vatsa, Ghosha, the valley of the Yamuna, Saras-
vata, Matsya, Mathura, Kopa, Jyotisha, Dharmaranya,
Surasena, Gauragriva, Uddehika near Bazana, Pandu,
Page 153. Guda = Taneshar, Asvattha, Paficala, Saketa, Kanka,
Kuru = Taneshar, Kalkoti, Kukura, Pariyatra, Audum-
bara, Kapishthala, Gaja,

II.   The names of the countries in the east:—
Arijana,   Vrishabadhvaja,   Padma-Tulya   (sic),  Vya-

ghramukha, i.e. people with tiger-faces, Suhma,  Kar-
vata, Candrapura, Siirpakarna, i.e. people with ears like
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