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Kosam-1. Kausâmbi. 2. Kosambinagara. 3. Batsyapattana, about 30 miles to the west of Allahabad; it was the capital of 1. Batsya-desa. 2. Bamsa, the kingdom of Raja Udayana. Harsha Deva places his scene of the Ratnávali at this place.
Kośila-The river 1. Kuțika. 2. Kutila of the Ramayana, the eastern tributary of the Ramganga in Oudh.
Kotalgar-1. Umâvana. 2. Bânapura. 3. Sonitapura of the Harivamia at Lohul in Kumaun, where Usha was abducted by Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna. See Bâna Râjâ's Gad. Kota-Tirtha-In Kalañjara.
Kotesvar-1. Kotiśvara. 2. Kachchheśvara, the capital of Kachchha (Kutch), on the river Kori, a branch of the Indus.
Koti-Tirtha-1. In Mathurâ. 2. A sacred tank in Gokarna.
Kottayam-1. Nelcynda of the Periplus. 2. Milkynda of Ptolemy. 3. Nalakanana. 4.
Nalakâlika, in Travancore, a celebrated port of ancient India,
Kotwal-Kantipurî, twenty miles north of Gwalior.
Krishna-1. The river Krishnâ. 2. The Krishnaveni. 3. The Krishnavenwa. 4. The
Benwa. 5. The Benî. 6. The Binâ. 7. The Tynna of the Greeks.
Kuari-The river 1. Kumâri. 2. Sukumârî, in the Gwalior State, it joins the river Sindh near its junction with the Jamuna.
Kubattur 1. Kuntalakapura. 2. Kautalakapura.
3. Kuntalapura. 4. Surabhipaṭṭana, 5. Sopatma of the Periplus, in Sorab in the Shimoga district of Mysore. It was the capital of King Chandrahasa of the Jaimini-Bharata.
Kubjâmra 1. Kubjâmraka. 2. Raibhya-âśrama, at a short distance to the north of Hardwår. Kuenlun Mountain-1. Nila Parvata. 2. Krishna Parvata, in Tibet.
Kalu-1. Kuluța. 2. Koluka. 3. Kulinda-desa, 4. Kuninda. 5. Kalinda-desa, in the
upper valley of the Bias. Its capital was Nagarakota.
Kumara Svâmi-1. Subrahmanya. 2. Kârttikasvami. 3. Svâmi-tirtha. 4. Bhattṛi-sthana, about a mile from Tiruttani, a station of the Madras and Southern Marhatta Railway on the river Kumaradhârâ; it was visited by Sankaracharya.
Kumaun-1. Kurmâchala. 2. Kurmavana. 3. Kumâravana. 4. A part of Brahmapura. Kumbhaconum-1. Kumbhakarna. 2. Kumbhaghonum, in the province of Madras. It
was the ancient capital of Chola.
Kunar-The Choaspes of the Greeks, which joins the Kabul river at some distance below. Jalalabad. It is also called Kâmah and Kashkar.
Kundapura-1. Kundinapura. 2. Kundinanagara. 3. Bidarbhanagara.
4. Bhimapura, forty miles east of Amaravati in Central India. Same as Kondavir. But see Beder. Kurati-The river Karatoya in North Bengal. Same as Karatoya. Kurkihar-Kukkutapâdagiri, in the district of Gaya, where the Buddhist saint Mahakasyapa died. Kukkutapadagiri has also been identified with Gurpa hill (Gurupadagiri), about 100 miles from Buddha-Gaya. See Sobhnath Hill.
Kurum-Same as Koram.
Kushan-Kapisa, ten miles west of Opian on the declivity of the Hindu-kush.
Kust-The river Kausiki in Bengal. Its confluence with the Ganges was known as the Kausiki Tirtha or Kausikî-Sangama.
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Ladak-It has been identified with Hataka where Mânas-sarovara is situated (Barooah's Dictionary, vol. III, Preface, p. 50).
Lahari-Bandar-The ruins of Devala, the "Metamorphosed city" as it has been called. are situated at a very short distance to the north of Lahari-bandar or Lâri-bandar in Sindh, in fact, Lahari-bandar was built with the ruins of Devala (Cunningham).
