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Page 127
... Dwipa , or islands , the first of which , Jambhu Dwipa , is evidently India itself , with the countries surrounding it , bounded on the east by the Yellow Sea , on the west by the Cas- pian , extending north as far as the Frozen Ocean ...
... Dwipa , or islands , the first of which , Jambhu Dwipa , is evidently India itself , with the countries surrounding it , bounded on the east by the Yellow Sea , on the west by the Cas- pian , extending north as far as the Frozen Ocean ...
Page 128
... Dwipa . South of Meru are the Nishada moun- tains , corresponding with the northern range of Thibet hills , which country is named Herivar- sha , and is separated by the Himacuta moun- tains from the land of Kinnara , comprising Sri ...
... Dwipa . South of Meru are the Nishada moun- tains , corresponding with the northern range of Thibet hills , which country is named Herivar- sha , and is separated by the Himacuta moun- tains from the land of Kinnara , comprising Sri ...
Page 129
... dwipa contains the countries from the Indus to the Caspian and the Persian Gulph . Placsha dwipa occupied the space be- tween those seas and the Mediterranean and Euxine , or Lesser Asia , Armenia , Syria , & c . Salmali dwipa from ...
... dwipa contains the countries from the Indus to the Caspian and the Persian Gulph . Placsha dwipa occupied the space be- tween those seas and the Mediterranean and Euxine , or Lesser Asia , Armenia , Syria , & c . Salmali dwipa from ...
Page 131
... dwipa and Mount Meru , which they thus place at the north pole . This notion of the circular divisions of the earth with interposing seas , is not peculiar to the ancient Indians . The Hindûs make the sacred Ganges wind seven times ...
... dwipa and Mount Meru , which they thus place at the north pole . This notion of the circular divisions of the earth with interposing seas , is not peculiar to the ancient Indians . The Hindûs make the sacred Ganges wind seven times ...
Page 198
... Dwipa or Ceylon had pre- sented him , during an excursion he had made to that island under pretence of a pilgrimage , but in reality to exact tribute from the kings of the southern provinces . This damsel he had promised in marriage to ...
... Dwipa or Ceylon had pre- sented him , during an excursion he had made to that island under pretence of a pilgrimage , but in reality to exact tribute from the kings of the southern provinces . This damsel he had promised in marriage to ...
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