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Tamravarna-The river Tâmbaravari: see Tamraparn! (2), (Brahmanda P., ch. 49). Tangana-The country stretching from the Ramgangå river to the upper Saraya (Brahmanda P., ch. 49; McCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 210). It has been identified with Hataka or Ladak (Baroosh's Dictionary, vol. III, preface, p. 50).
Tanusri-Tenasserim, the southern division of the province of Lower Burma. Tapani-The river Tapti.
Tapasa-Same as Tapasâsrama (Vayu P., ch. 45, v. 129; Brahmanda P., ch. 49). Tapas&srama-Pandharpur in the Bombay Presidency (Barahamihira's Brihat-samhita, XIV, v. 15; Bom. Gaz. Vol. I, Pt. I, p. 511). It is the Tabasoi of Ptolemy. Same as Fandupura. Tapi-The river Tapti (Bhagavata P., V, ch. 19). It rises in the Vindhyapada mountain (now called the Satpura range) at the portion called Gonana-giri, and falls into the Arabian Sea. Surat stands on this river.
Tipd-Same as Tapl (Brihat-Siva P., II, ch. 20).
Tarapura-Tarapitha, a Siddha Pitha, near Nalhati in Birbhum, Bengal (Tararahasya). Telligana-The country between the Godavari and the Krishna. McCrindle supposes that Telingana is a contraction of Tri-Kalingana or Tri-Kalinga (see Andhra and Trikalinga). It is the Satiyaputra of the Asoka inscriptions (The Buddhist Stúpa of Amaravati, p. 3 by Burgess). It is also called Tilinga (Saura Purana; Tawney's Prabandhachintamani, p. 45). In the Mackenzie Manuscripts, (in JASB., 1838), the capital of Tilinga-desa is said to be Kolocondai or Golconda (JASB., VII, p. 128). Its variant forms are Telinga, Telugu and
Trilinga.
Tibbat-Same as Bhotanga and Himavanta. There can be no doubt that Tibet, including Bhutan, carried on trade with Bengal in gold, musk, etc., at least from the 12th century, if not from the 7th to the 16th century A.D. (JASB., 1875, p. 282; Tavernier's Travels, Bk. III, ch. 15).
Tilaprastha-Tilpat, six miles to the south-east of Toghlakabad and ten miles to the south. east of the Kutb Minar (Col. Yule's Ibn Batuta's Travels in India; Ind. Ant., III, p. 116). It was included within Indraprastha, the capital of Yudhishthira. Shaikh Farid Bukhari built Faridabad near Delhi on the greater part of the old pargana of Tilpat (Elliot's Glossary, Beames' ed., II, p. 123). It was one of the five villages demanded by Krishna on behalf of Yudhisthira from Duryodhana. See Pâniprastha. Tilodaka-Tilara, a village on the east bank of the Phalgu, visited by Hiuen Tsiang, thirtythree miles to the south of Patna. It is the site of a famous Buddhist monastery. Tilogrammon-Identified by Col. Yule with Jessore (McCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 75). It is a transcription of Tiragrâma (see my " Early Couree of the Ganges" in the Ind. Ant.). Timingila-From its position among the countries of Southern India conquered by Sahadeva (Mbh., Sabha, ch. 30; Brihat-Samhita, XIV, v. 16) and from the resemblance of its name, it may be inferred that Timingila was the ancient name of Dindigala valley, in the district of Madura, Madras Presidency. It is the Tangala and Taga of Ptolemy. Tirabhukti-Tirhut (Devi Purdna, ch. 64); see Videha. Tirhut is a corruption of Tirabhukti. Tirisirapalli-Trichinopoly (Dr. Caldwell's Drav. Comp. Gram.) See Trisirapalli. Tirthapuri-A sacred spot on the west of Mount Kailas in Western Tibet, twenty-one miles from Darchin or Gangri, and half-a-day's journey to the north-west of Dulju in the Himalaya, on the bank of the Sutlej. It contains a very hot sulphur spring. Bhasmâsura or Brikasura is said to have been killed at this place: a heap of ashes is pointed out as the remains of that Asura (JASB., 1848, p. 156; Sherring's Western Thibet, p. 284; see also Bhagavata, X, ch. 88). The place of Bhasmasura's death is also pointed out in a cave called Guptesvarnath Mahadeva's temple, situated in a hill near Sasiram in the district of Shahabad. Bhasmasura obtained a boon from Mahadeva to the effect that whoever should be touched by him upon the head would at once be consumed to ashes. He wanted to try
