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ihe hills of Vindhya, -simply so called... Allthe furdtas agree, in their 
description of the hills and rivers; of India, except, ihat the Raivat hills 
are always omitted in this account: but they make a conspicuous figure in 
the history of Crisuw a. 
Tue inferipr mountains in this extensive region, are’ first, the Raja- 
‘mehél hills, - called in Sanserit, Siishwti: they are well described in the 
cominentary, on the Mahd-bhérat: they are also talled Cacshivat, from a 
‘thibe | of Brahmens of that name, settled there, ‘and well known: to the 
Purdiva, as. 
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Ten come the Chad gadri, or iS noncise hill, from Chad’ga, io. be 
pronounced C harga or nearly so, the Sanscrit name of that: animal ; and 
Switch: still remains in the names of the two districts of Curruckpur, and 
Curruedea, They are mentioned i in the Cshétra-samasa. EL1an observes, 
that 1 m India, they ear the name of Carcason, to an animal with a single 
horn. This word comes from Charga, and in the possessive case, and 
in a. derivative form Chargasya. In Persian, this word is pronounced 
Kharrack and Khark. ne | | i 
hue the S. Ww. of these aceording to the Cdieatantra is the Gridhira- 
ofa, 01 or the vulture e peak the hills, He Ghiddore i in 1 the maps. i. 
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Between these: and the Sora are the famous hills of Riéja-g sriha, 
Because there was the royal mansion of J ARASANDHA. They are called 
also Giri-vraja, because he had ‘there numberless Cow-pens.. Between 
