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"Lade Desay" in the kingdom of Baiga, which he identifies with Radha Desa (Upham's Rajaratnakari, ch. II, and Rájávali, Pt. I.), and this identification is correct (see JASB., 1910, p. 599). Mahendra, son of Asoka, and his sister Sangha-mitra came to Ceylon during the reign of Devânâmpiya-Tissa and converted the inhabitants of the island to Buddhism (Upham's Rajaratnakari, ch. II). See Lanka. For the Ceylon coins, see JASB., 1837, p. 298, plate 20.
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Si hapura-1. It has been identified by Cunningham with Katas or Kataksha, which is sixteen miles from Pindi Dadan Khan on the north side of the Salt range in the district of Jhelam in the Panjab (Arch. S. Rep., Vol. II, p. 191). According to Hiuen Tsiang the country of Simhapura bordered on the Indus on its western side; it was a dependency of Kasmir in the seventh century. It was conquered by Arjuna (Mbh., Sabha, ch. 27). It contains a sacred fountain said to have been formed by the tears of Siva on the death of his wife Sati, to which pilgrims resort every year for the purposes of purification (JASB., XVIII, p. 131). There are remains of ancient temples in Potowar in the neighbourhood of Katas. Traditionally Simhapura is the place where Vishnu is said to have incarnated as Nrisimha and killed Hiranyakasipu (but see Mulasthanapura). 2. Singur, in the district of Hughly in Bengal; it was founded by Simhabahu, the father of Vijaya who conquered and colonised Lanka. It is situated in Radha, the Lâța or Lala of the Buddhists and Lada of the Jainas,-the ancient Sumha (see my "Notes on the History of the District of Hughly" in JASB., 1910, p. 599). Sindhu-1. The river Indus. Above its junction with the Chinab, the Indus was called Sindh (Sindhu); from this point to Aror, it was called Pañchanad; and from Aror to its mouth it was called Mihran (Alberuni's India, I, p. 260; Cal. Rev., Vol. CXVII, p. 15). For a description of it's source see Sven Hedin's Trans Himalaya, Vol. II, p. 213. It is the Hidhu of the Behistun inscription, Hoddu of the Bible, and Hendu of the Vendidad. 2. The country of Sindh. According to Ptolemy the Abhiras dwelt in the southern portion of Sindh, and the Mushikas resided in the northern portion. It was the Abhiras who took away by force the ladies of Krishna's household from Arjuna while he was bringing them through the Panjab after Krishna's death (Brahma Purana, ch. 212). After the death of Menander (Milinda of the Milinda Pañho) who reigned over the Panjab, Sindh, and Kabul from 140 to 110 B.C., Mauas the Scythian conquered Sindh and expelled the Greeks from the Panjab. Mauas was succeeded by his son Azas who extended his dominion beyond Jellalabad, and Azilesas, son of Azas, conquered Kabul (Cunningham's Arch. 8. Rep., II, p. 54). For the. Muhammadan conquest of Sindh and its history and for the downfall of Alor and Brahmanabad (see JASB., 1838, p. 93 and also p. 297; Ibid., 1841, p. 267; Ibid., 1845, pp. 75, 155). 3. The river Kali-Sindh in Malwa called DakshinaSindhu in the Mahabharata (Vana P., ch.. 82) and Sindhu in the Meghadata (Pt. I, v. 30; Matsya P., ch. 113.) The name of India (Intu of Hiuen Tsiang) is a corruption of Sindhu. For other Chinese names of India see Bretschneider's Medieval Researches, II, p. 25. According to Mr. Rapson "India" originally meant the country of the Indus (Ancient India, p. 185). 4. A river in Malwa, which rising near Sironj falls into the Yamuna (Malati-Madhava, Acts IV, IX). It is the Parva-Sindhu of the Devi P., ch. 39. 5. Sindhu-desa was the country of the Upper Indus (Anandaram Baruyah's Dictionary, Vol. III, Preface, pp. 20-25).
Sindhuparna-Same as Dakshina-Sindhu (Bardha P., ch. 85). Perhaps it is an erroneous combination of the words Sindhu and Parndid (see Matsya P., ch. 113, v. 23). Sindhu-Sauvira-See Sauvira (Matsya P., ch. 114).
Sindimana-Sehwan on the Indus in Sindh. the Sivisthana of the Arabs (Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India, p. 264).
