Nandyāl (English spelling)

Japanese: ナンディヤール(英語表記)Nandyāl
Nandyāl (English spelling)
A city in the central state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Population 120,000 (1991). Known for the discovery of a large number of ancient Roman gold coins. The city is named after Nandi (the white bull that was the vehicle of the god Shiva). It is located in the low mountain area west of the Nallamalla Range in the Eastern Ghats, facing the Kundera River, a tributary of the Penner River. It is on the transportation route from the Coromandel Coast to the northeastern Deccan Plateau, and in 1932 a large number of Roman gold coins dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries were excavated there. There is a 15th century Shiva temple.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
インド南部,アーンドラ・プラデーシュ州中部の都市。人口12万(1991)。古代ローマの金貨が大量に発見されたことで知られる。地名はナンディ(シバ神の乗物である白い雄牛)にちなむ。東ガーツ山脈中の山塊ナッラマラ山脈西の山間低地にあり,ペンネール川の支流クンデルー川に面する。コロマンデル海岸からデカン高原北東部に至る交通路上にあり,1932年,1~2世紀の大量のローマ金貨が出土した。15世紀のシバ寺院がある。

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