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island and peninsula Chryse. The latter is held to be Malakka; the Golden Island, however, the existence of which is denied by Lassen (Altert. iii. 247), but sufficiently attested not only by the Greeks, but also in the Kathasaritságara (x. 54, 99; 56, 62; 57, 72; xviii. 123, 110), cannot be but Sumatra, including, perhaps, Java. Cf. Ramayana, 40, 30 (ed. Bombay)."
TOPOGRAPHICAL LIST OF THE BRIHAT-SAMHITA.
Suvâsta, a place or country, misc. ref., xxxii. 19. Can it denote the Swât territory ? Suvira, a people; misc. ref., v. 79. See also 'Sauvira, Sauviraka, and Sindhu-Sauvira.' sva-mukha, a dog-faced people, in the northern division, xiv. 25.
évéta, a white people; misc. ref., xvi. 38. See also sita,' and under Hûna.' swamps or marshes (pulôla), in the northeast division, xiv. 30.
Syâmâka, a people in the northern division, ziv. 28.
Takshasila, the inhabitants of Takshasilâ, q. v., in the northern division, xiv. 26; misc. ref., xvi. 26.
Takshasila, a city; misc. ref., x. 8. See also Takshasila.' The place is the well-known Taxila of the Greek writers. And it was one of the principal seats of Asôka's power (Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 247). Albêrûnî says "Takshasila, i. e. Marikala." Marikala seems to be the same with Mârîgala, in connection with which he speaks of "the country between Bardari and Mârigala," and of "the country Nirahara, behind Mârigala" (India, Translation, Vol. II. p. 8).
Tâla, a people in the north-west division, xiv. 22. Albêrûnî gives "Talahala," not "Talas and Halas," as given by Kern, from the commentary, I suppose. There was an ancient town named Talapura or Tâlâpura in the neighbourhood of Nirmand in the Pañjab (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 290). Talikata (v. 1. Tàpitata), in the southern division, xiv. 11. Tâlikôt in the Bijapur District suggests itself; but it is hardly possible that the place can be so ancient. Tâmaliptî, a city; misc. ref., x. 14. It seems to be the Tan-mo-li-ti of Hiuen Tsiang, which has been identified with Tamluk on the Selai, just above its junction with the
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Hughli (Buddh. Rec. West. World, Vol. II. p. 200, and note 36). See also 'Tâmaliptika.' Tâmaliptika, (v. 7. Tâmalipta and Tâmaliptaka), the inhabitants of Tâmalipti, q. v., in the eastern division, xiv. 7.
Tâmraparni, in the southern division, xiv. 16; pearls are obtained there, Ixxxi. 2, 3. It is not clear whether the reference is to a river, said to be noted for its pearls, rising in Malaya, or to Ceylon, which was known as Tamraparni (whence Taprobane') in the days of Asôka (Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. pp. 239, 240, 249).
Tangana (v. 7. Tankaņa, q. v.), a people in the north-east division, xiv. 29; misc. ref., ix. 17; x. 12; xvi. 6; xxxii. 15. Taikana, a country in the southern division, xiv. 12; misc. ref., xvii. 25. A country named Tanka is mentioned in the Daśâvatâra eave inscription at Ellôrà (Cave-Temple Inscriptions, p. 94, text line 10). See also 'Tangana.'
Tapi, the river Tapti; misc. ref., perhaps an interpolation, xvi. 12. The name occurs in one of the Nasik inscriptions (Archeol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 100). The v. l. for Talikata, q. v., would give a reference to the banks of the Tâpî. Târakshiti, a (?) country, in the western division, xiv. 21. throats; high-throated people (úrdhvakantha) in the south-east division, xiv. 8. Also see 'necks.'
timingildiana, 'a whale-eating people,' in the
southern division, xiv. 16. Traigarta, the people of Trigarta, q. v.; misc. ref., x. 11; xvi. 22; xvii. 16. Also Traigartaka, misc. ref., iv. 24. Trigarta, a country in the northern division, xiv. 25; misc. ref., ix. 19. See also 'Traigarta.' Trigarta is mentioned in the Chamba grant (Ind. Ant. Vol. XVII. P. 8). trinétra, 'three-eyed people,' in the north-east division, xiv. 31.
Tripura, a city; misc. ref., v. 39. See also 'Tripuri.'
Tripuri, a city in the south-east division, xiv. 9. See also 'Tripura.' There can be little doubt, if any, that it is the Tripurt, - the modern Têwar near Jabalpur, of the Kalachuris of Central India.
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