Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism

3 Introduction

Mohenjo Daro

Khajura ̄ho Pataliputra

MAGADHA

VIDEHA (Pi ̄tha)

̇

(Navadvip)

Dva ̄raka

Some ́svara

Ellora

Tirupati

Kalahasti

Maha ̄balipura

ANGA

Madurai

Bay of Bengal

Arabian

Sea

Govardhana

Hr ̇s ̇ike ́sa

Kedarna ̄th

Badri ̇ ̄na ̄th

Hari-dva ̄r

Va ̄ra ̄nas

̇

i ̄

Hastina ̄-pura

Mohenjo Daro Khanakala

Pataliputra

Ayodhya ̄ Mithila ̄

Mathura ̄

Vr ̇nda ̄vana

Gaya ̄

Ka ̄ma ̄khya ̄

(Pi ̄t ̇ha) Guva ̄hati

Nadia

(Navadvip)

Bhuvan

̇

e ́svara

Kona ̄rka

Puri ̄

Pus

̇

ka ̄r

Dva ̄raka Ujjaini ̄

Somana ̄tha

Some ́svara

Khajura ̄ho

Ajanta ̄

Ellora

Nasik

Ka ̄lad

̇

i

Halebid

Tirupati

Kalahasti

Ka ̄ñci ̄-pura

Maha ̄balipura

Udipi ̄ Sr ̇n ̇geri ̄

Belur

Cidambaram

Madurai

Tanjore

Ootacamund Tiruvannamalai

Pune

Aurangabad

Pandharpur

Morvi Ahmedabad

Porbandhar

MAGADHA

ANGA

VIDEHA

Ka

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ri ̄

VindhyasR

ange

Sar

asvat ̄i

Mt Everest

Deccan

C. Comorin

W e s t e r n G h a t s

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n

Gh

at

s

Ka

ra

ko ra

m

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m

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l a

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Na

ga

Hil

ls

MouthsoftheGange

s

INDIAN

OCEAN

Gulfof

Kham

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t

Gulfo

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an

na

r

Ghagara

Son

In

du

s

Krishna

Godava

ri

Ma

han

adi

Ganga ̄

Brahma

put

Yam ra

una

Narbada

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India – Past and Physical Ancient kingdom

Ancient site

Temple site

ANGA

Ellora

Ganda

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