Cultural Study of Nisitha Curni

SR No.: 001743
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Madhu Sen
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar
Publication Year: 1975
Total Pages: 432
Language: English, Prakrit
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & Literature
File Size: 23 MB

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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES MENTIONED IN THE NO.
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cal with the country called | History of the Arabs, 1931, p. Maharashtra. It was a great | 8; see also--LAI., p. : 81 ). centre of the Jainas Juring Gaṁdhara (NC. 3, p. 144) : this time.
It is identified with the disDamila (NC. 2, pp. 362, tricts of Peshawar and Rawal381; NC. 3, p. 191; NC. 4, pp. pindi in the northern Punjab 125, 131 ): It is identified (GD., pp. 60 f.). It is mentio. with Tamil ( GEB., p. 63). ned as a Janapada in the NC. It is mentioned in the NC. as Giriphulliga (NC. 3, p. a non-Aryan country made | 419): The place remains approachable to the Jaina | unidentified. monks by king Samprati.
Gollaya (NC. 3, p. 191): It People of this region followed is identified with Goli, situaDamila livi for writing pur- ted on the Gallaru, a tribuposes.
tary of the river Kistna in Damtapura (NC. 3, p. 166; Guntur district (LAI., p. NC. 4, p. 361): It is identified 286 ). It is mentioned along with Dartapura of the with the countries of MarahaBuddhist chronicles, which, as ttha, Damila, Kudukka, Kirathe capital of Kalinga, may duga and Simdhu in the NC. with much probability be
Hatthiņa pura (NC. 2, p. identified with Raja Mahen
466 ): It is indentified with dri, which is 30 miles to the
an old town in Mawana north-east of Coringa (CAGI.,
Tahsil in Meerut (vide-LAI., p. 436).
p. 288 ). It is mentioned in Dasapura ( NC. 3, pp. 147, the N. Bhaşya as one of the 441 ): It is identified with
ten metropolises of ancient modern Mandsor, a place to India. the west of Ujjain.
Hemapuri sanagara (NG. 3, Diva ( NC. 2, p. 95): An | p. 243): The place remains island situated to the south unidentified. According to of Saurāşçra. It is identified the NC. the festival of Indra with the island of the Arabs, i was widely celebrated by the which is surrounded by water | people of this place. on three sides and by sand on Himdugadesa (NC. 3, p. the fourth. (Fillip Hitti, 59 ): It is identified with