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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 27 · No. 3

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Miscellany: Cedis

This miscellany note synthesises ethnographic and literary traditions about the ancient Cedi people of central India. According to Puranic lore, the belt stretching from Bihar through Rajputana along…

September - 1951Vol. 27 · No. 3pp. 250–254

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 27 · No. 2

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Lanka

By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri

This article reviews the long‑standing debate over the location of Ravana’s Lanka. While tradition identifies Lanka with Sri Lanka (Ceylon), some writers have argued for sites in central India, such…

June - 1951Vol. 27 · No. 2pp. 119–128

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 26 · No. 2

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Huns, Yavanas and Kambojas

By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri

This article seeks to disentangle the identities of three groups that appear in ancient Indian sources: the Huns (Hūṇas), the Yavanas or Yonas, and the Kambojas. The Yavanas are first considered. The…

June - 1950Vol. 26 · No. 2pp. 118–128

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 25 · No. 2

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Aryavarta

By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri

The article analyses the historical concept of Aryavarta—the ‘Aryan land’—and its shifting boundaries. Drawing on Vedic texts, inscriptions and lexicographical works, the author explains that…

June - 1949Vol. 25 · No. 2pp. 110–122

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 24 · No. 3

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The Malavas

By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri

The article entitled “The Malavas” surveys the history of an ancient tribe whose homeland lay in the Malwa region of west‑central India. Classical sources call them the Malloi and place them in the…

September - 1948Vol. 24 · No. 3pp. 171–179

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 7 · No. 2

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Topography in the Puranas

By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri

The Skanda Purana and Caitanya Caritamrta describe Venkaticala as a sacred site north of Kamala Sarovara, surrounded by the Hastiaila hills and the Suvarpamukhari River. The Puranas situate Hastiaila…

June - 1931Vol. 7 · No. 2pp. 245–253

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 5 · No. 4

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Topography in the Puranas �Pnrusottamaksotra

By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri

The Skanda Purana provides detailed topographical descriptions of sacred sites (Purushottamaksetra) in ancient India, particularly in present-day Orissa. It characterizes Purusottamaksetra as a…

December - 1929Vol. 5 · No. 4pp. 659–665

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The Indian Historical Quarterly

Vol. 4 · No. 4

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On the Identification of Sonacala and Arunacala in the Skandapurana

By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri

The third and fourth cantos of the first book (MaheSvarakhandam) of the Skandapurana focus entirely on the mahimya (glorification) of Arupicala, but the text shows confusion between Arupicala and…

December - 1928Vol. 4 · No. 4pp. 751–759

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Miscellany: Cedis

Lanka

Huns, Yavanas and Kambojas

Aryavarta

The Malavas

Topography in the Puranas

Topography in the Puranas �Pnrusottamaksotra

On the Identification of Sonacala and Arunacala in the Skandapurana

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