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

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

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sieves, Khasha, Magadha, Mount Sibira, Mithila, Sama-
tata, Odra, Asvavadana, i.e. people with horse-faces,
Dantura, i.e. people with long teeth, Pragjyotisha,
Lohitya, Krira-samudra (sic), i.e. the milk-sea, Puru-
shada, Udayagiri, i.e. the mountain of sunrise, Bhadra,
Gauraka, Paundra, Utkala, Kasi, Mekala, Ambashtha,
Ekapada, i.e. the one-footed people, Tamaliptika, Kau-
salaka, Vardhamana.

III.   The names of the countries  of the south-east
(Agneya):—

Kosala, Kalinga, Vahga, Upavahga, Jathara, Ahga,
Saulika, Vidarbha, Vatsa, Andhra, Colika (?), Urdhva-
karna, i.e. people whose ears are directed upwards,
Vrisha, Nalikera, Carmadvipa, the mountain Vindhya,
Tripuri, Smasrudhara, Hemalmtya, Vyalagriva, i.e. Page 154.
people whose bosoms are snakes, Mahagriva, i.e. people
who have wide bosoms, Kishkindha, the country of the
monkeys, ICandakasthala, Nishada, Rashtra, Dasarna,
Purika, Nagnaparna, Savara.

IV.   The names of the countries in the south :—
Lanka, i.e. the cupola of the earth,  Kalajina,  Sairi-

kirna (?), Talikata, Girnagar a, Malaya, Dardura, Ma¬
hendra, Malindya, Bharukaccha, Kankata, Tahkana,
Vanavasi on the coast, Sibika, Phanikara, Kohkana
near the sea, Abhira, Akara, Vena a river, Avanti, i.e.
the city of Ujain, Dasapura, Gonarda, Keralaka, Karnata,
Mahatavi, Citrakuta, Nasikya, Kollagiri, Cola, Krauii-
cadvipa, Jatadhara, Kauverya, Rishyanuika, Vaidilrya,
Sankha, Mukta, Atri, Varicara, Jarmapattana (sic),
Dvipa, Ganarajya, Krishnavaidiirya, Sibika, Siiryadri,
Kusumanaga, Turabavana, Karmaneyaka, Yamyodadhi^ Page 155.
Tapasasrama, Rishika, Kahci, Marucipattana, Divarsa (!),
Simhala, Rishabha, Baladevapattana, Dandakavana,
Timingilasana (?), Bhadra, Kaccha, Kunjaradari, Tamra-
parna.

V.   The names of the  countries in the south-west
(Nairrita) :—~
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