Indian Antiquary Vol 22

SR No.: 032514
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 442
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[July, 1893.
Chandrabhaga river, supposed to be the
Chenab, one of the five rivers of the Pañjab; misc. ref., xvi. 27. Chandrapuras, the inhabitants of the city of
Chandrapura, in the eastern division, xiv. 5. A town named Chandrapura is mentioned in the Indor grant of Skandagupta (Gupta
Inscriptions, p. 71). charmadvipa, the island of bark, in the south
east division, xiv. 9. Charmaranga, a people in the north-west
division, xiv. 23. Chârudêvî, a (?) town or country, misc. ref.,
ix. 18; the word occurs in the plural, as if
denoting the inhabitants. Chêdi, a country, misc, ref., xvi. 3; xxxii. 22;
- the ruler of Chedi (Chedi-pa), xliii. 8. See also Chaidya and Chêdika.' The Kalachuris of Central India were kings of
Chêdi. Chêdika (v. I. Chaidika), the people of Chêdi,
9. v., in the south-east division, xiv. 8. See
also Chaidya.' Chêrya, a people, evidently of the Chêra
country, in the southern division, xiv.
15. China, a people in the north-east division, xiv.
30; misc. ref., v. 77, 78, 80 ; x. 7, 11; xi. 61 ; xvi. 1, 38. Kern translates the word
by "Chinese;" e. g. v. 77, 78, 80. chipițandsika, flat-nosed people, in the
northern division, xiv. 26. chiranivasana, 'wearers of bark,' & people in
the north-east division, 'xiv. 31. Chitrakūta, in the sonthern division, xiv. 13;
misc. ref., xvi. 17. It is the modern Chitrakôt or Chatarkôt hill or district, near Kampta in Bundelkhand. The name occurs in the Sirûr inscription of A. D. 866 (Ind.
Ant. Vol. XII. p. 218). Chola, a country, and the people of it, in the
southern division, xiv. 13; misc, ref., v. 40; xi. 61; xvi. 10, 38. In southern inscriptions, the name appears in the forms of Chola, Chola, and Chôda; and it is taken back to the third century B. C. by one of the edicts of Asoka (Ind. Ant. Vol. XX.
pp. 239, 240, 249). cocoa-nuts, the island of (nálikára-dvipa), in
the south-east division, xiv. 9. conch-shells, the places for obtaining, are
placed in the southern division, xiv, 14.
dakshinapatha, the region of the south,' i. e.
Southern India, below the Narmada, misc. ref., ix. 40; xlvii. 8. See under Aryavarta.' The term dakshinápatha occurs in the Junagadh inscription of Rudradå man (Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 262); in the Allahabad inscription of Samudragupta (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 13); and apparently in one of the Násik inscriptions (Archæol. Suru. West.
Ind. Vol. IV. p. 110). Dâmara (v. 1. Dâmara), people in the north
east division, xiv. 30. Dandaka, a country or people, misc. ref., xvi.
11 ;- the king of Dandaka (Dandak-adhipati), misc, ref. xi. 56. Daņdakivana, in the southern division, xiv.
16. This is, I suppose, another form of the name of the Dandakâranya, or Dandaka forest, which lay between the rivers Narmadâ and Godavari. Danda pingalaka, & people in the northern di.
vision, xiv. 27. Danturaka, a people in the eastern division,
xiv. 6. Albêrûni says "Dantura, i. e. people with long teeth." Darada, a people in the north-east division,
xiv. 29; misc, ref., v. 42, 79, xiii. 9. Albêrunt omits them; or, rather, he gives Abhisárad,
instead of Abhisára and Darada. Dardura, a mountain in the southern division,
xiv. 11. Darva, a people in the north-east division, xiv.
30.
Dásamêya, a people in the northern division,
xiv, 28. Dasapura, a city in the southern division, xiv.
12. It is the modern Mandasor, or more properly Dasôr, in Malwa. It is mentioned in inscriptions at Násik (Archæol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. pp. 100, 114), and in inscriptions at Mandasôr itself (Gupta
Inscriptions, pp. 79, note 2, and 84, 86). Daśârna, & variant of Dasarna, q. 1.; misc.
ref., v. 40; x. 15; xxxii. 11. In a note to his translation, Kern remarks that the Dasarnas are the Dosarene or Desarene of the Periplus
Maris Erythræi. Dasarņa, a people in the south-east division, xiv. 10; miso. ref., xvi. 26. See also
Dásárņa.' Dasêraka, & variant of Dåsêraka, 4. v. ; misc.
ref., v. 67.