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Ramtege-Same as Ramtek.
Ramtek-1. Ramagiri of the Meghadûta. 2. Sambuka-Asrama. 3. Saibala-giri, the hermitage
of the Sudra Sambuka of the Ramayana, north of Nagpur, in Central India. Rangamati 1. Karna-Suvarna. 2. Kânsonâ, on the right bank of the Bhagirathi, four miles below Berhampur, in the district of Murshidabad in Bengal. It was the capital of Adisura, king of Bengal.
Rangit The Raikshu, a tributary of the Tistâ. Rangoon-Puskaravatinagara, the birth-place of Trapussa and Bhalluka, who gave honey and other articles of food to Buddha and who built the Shaidagon Pagoda on the hairs given to them by Buddha, after their return to Rangoon.
Rânigat-1. Barana. 2. Aornos of the Greeks, in the Panjab, about sixteen miles north-west of Ohind..
Rapti-1. The river Airâvatî. 2. Irâvatî. 3. Achiravati. 4. Ajiravati. 5. Naganadi. 6. Saravati. 7. Sadanira. 8. Rathastha, in Oudh, on the southern bank of which Sravasti, the ancient capital of North Kosala, is situated.
Ratanpur-1. Ratnapura. 2. Manipura, the capital of Dakshina-Kosala or Gondwana, 15 miles north of Bilaspur, in the Central Provinces; it was the capital of king Mayuradhvaja of the Jaimini-Bharata.
Ratnagirl-1. Rishigiri. 2. Isigili. 3. Pândão mountain of the Buddhists, one of the five hills of Rajgir in the district of Patna.
Raunakshi-The river 1. Sarasvati. 2. Prabhâsa Sarasvati, near Somnath in Guzerat, it rises in Mount Abu.
Raval-Ashtigrama, in the district of Mathura, the birth-place of Radhika, where she passed
the first year of her infancy and then removed to Barshana by her parents.
Ravi-1. The river Iråvati. 2. The Airavati. 3. The Purushni. 4. The Parushņi. 5. The Haimavati. 5. The Hydraotes of the Greeks, in the Panjab.
Rawalpindi-It was comprised in Basati in the Panjab.
Rawanhrad-1. The lake Ravana-hrada. 2. Anavatapta lake. 3. Anotatta lake of the Bud
dhists. 4. Lohita-sarovara of the Puranas.
Rechna-Doab-Between the Chinab and the Ravi in the Punjab. It comprised Madra-desa,
called also Balhika, the capital of which was Sakala.
Rehuânâla-1. Loinnilo of Hiuen Tsiang. 2. Rohinnala of Vivien St. Martin, five miles to
the north-east of Kiyul in the district of Monghir. See Klyul.
Revelganj Gautama-âérama, near Chapra in Bihar. The hermitage of Gautama was situated at a place called Godna, but the Ramayana, places the hermitage of the Rishi at a short distance from Janakpur in Tirhut. See Godna.
Rewa-1. Karusha. 2. Karusha. 3. Adhiraja. 4. Bahela, the kingdom of Dantavakra. Same as Baghelkhand.
Rintambur Rantipura, on the Chambal, in Rajputana. It was the residence of Ranti Deva alluded to by Kalidasa in his Meghadata. His sacrifice of cows brought into existence the river Charmanvati on which the town is situated.
Rintimpur-Same as Rintâmbur.
Rishikes-See Hrishikeśa.
Rishikula-1. The river Rishikulya. 2. The Haimavati, on which Ganjam is situated. It rises in the Mahendra hills.
Bishikunda-The hermitage of Rishi Rishyasringa and Bibhandaka Muni, four miles from
the Bariarpur station near Bhagalpur. The hermitage of the Rishi is also pointed out near Kiyul (see Sing hol hill).
Bishya mukha-It was on this mountain that Sugriva dwelt after he fled from Kishkindhya. It is eight miles from the Anagandi hills on the Tungabhadra.
