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Gondwana Hills-The hills of Gondwana were included in the ancient Riksha-parvata. Govardhan-1. Mount Govardhana, eighteen miles from Brindaban in the district of
Mathura. It is said to have been lifted by Krishna on his little finger. 2. Govard
dhanapura of the Markandeya Purana, a village near Nasik. Great Desert-1. Marusthali. 2. Marusthala. 3. Maru. 4. Marubhumi. 5. Marava, east
of Sindh. Gujrat-The district of Gujrat in the Panjab appertained to the ancient kingdom of Paurava. Gumbatol-Masura-vihåra in Buner, about twenty miles to the south-west of Manglora,
the ancient capital of Udyana. Gumt-1. The river Gomati. 2. The Vasishthi in Oudh. Guptára-1. Gopratara. 2. Guptahari, on the bank of the Saraju at Fyzabad in Oudh,
where Ramachandra is said to have died. Gurez-Daratpuri, the capital of Darada, on the north of Kasmir. It may be identified
with Urjagunda. Gurpa-HH-1. Gurupada hill., 2. Sobhnáth Peak of the Maher hill in Gaya, where Maha.
Kaśyapa died. See Kurklhar. Gurudaspur-The district of Gurudaspur was the ancient. 1. Audumvara. 2. Udumvara.
3. Dahmeri, in the Panjab. Same as Nurpur. Gutlya-Kshemavati, the birth-place of Buddha Karakuchanda, in the Nepalese Terai. Guzerat-1. Gurjjara. 2. Saurashtra. 3. Surashtra. 4. Anartta. 5. Lata. 6. Lada or
Lala. 7. Nataka. 8. Larike of Ptolemy. The south-eastern portion of Guzerat about the mouths of the Nerbuda was called Abhira, the Aberia of the Greeks. In the seventh century, when Hiuen Tsiang visited India, the southern parts of Rajputana and Malwa were known by the name of Gurjjara, the modern peninsula of Guzerat being then known by the name of Saurashtra. The Sah kings of Saurashtra from Nahapana to Swami Rudra Sah reigned from 79 to 292 A.D. According to Fergusson the Saka era dates from the coronation of Nahapana, who was a foreigner (Fergusson's History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, p. 150). But the convention of the fourth Buddhist synod by Kanishka, who was a Kushan (included in the general name of Saka), was a more remarkable incident of the time than the coronation of king Nahapana, as it concerned the religion of the whole of India. But Dr. Bhau Daji says "I was strongly inclined to look upon Gautamiputra as the founder of the Salivahana era, but the claims of Nahapana appear to be much more probable" (Literary Remains of Dr. Bhau Daji, p. 85). Dr. Bhagavån]Al Indraji is of opinion that the Saka era commencing 78 A.D. was inaugurated by Nahapana to commemorate his victory over a Satakarņi king, named in honour of his Saka overlord (The
Western Kshatrapas in JRAS., 1890, p. 642). Gwalior - 1. Gopadri. 2. Gopachala. 3. Gospinga-parvata.
Hagari-The river Bedavati, a tributary of Tungabhadra, in the district of Bellari and Mysore. Hajipur-The sub-division of Hajipur in the district of Mozaffarpur in the province of Ben
gal, was called 1. Bisala. 2. Biś&la-chhatra. Ramachandra and Lakshmana are said to have halted at Hajipur on their way to Mithila at the site of the present temple, which
contains the image of Ramachandra, on the western side of the town. Hala Mountain-The southern part of the Hala mountain along the lower valley of the
Indus was called Somagiri. Halebid-1. Dvaravati. 2. Dorasamudra. 3. DvAra-samudra, in the Hassan district of
Mysore. It was the capital of Chera under the Hoysala BallAlas in the tenth century. Hampi-1. Pampa. 2. Bidyanagara in the district of Bellari.
