Garudapurana 1.55

Hari said: / In the centre is the realm of Ilāvṛta; Bhadrāśva is in the east, full of wonders; / in the south-east is the realm Hiraṇvān, O bull-bannered god;

then Kimpuruṣa is remembered as the realm south of Meru; / Bhārata is declared to be in the south; Hari is in the south-west;

Ketumāla is in the west, and Ramyaka in the north-west; / and in the north is the realm of Kuru, filled with wishing trees.

Perfection is natural [to them], O Rudra, except for Bhārata. / Indradvīpa, Kaśerumat, Tāmravarṇa, Gabhastimat,

Nāgadvīpa, Kaṭāha, Siṃhala, and Vāruṇa; / and this ninth continent among them is surrounded by the ocean.

On its east dwell the Kirātas; on the west are situated the Yavanas; / the Andhras are in the south, O Rudra, and the Turaṣkas in the north.

The brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras dwell in between. / Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Śuktimat, the Ṛkṣa mountain,

Vindhya, and Pāriyātra: these are the seven principal mountain ranges here. / The Vedasmṛti, Narmadā, Varadā, Surasā, Śivā,

Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, Sarayū, Kāverī, and Gomatī, / Godāvarī, Bhīmarathī, Kṛṣṇaveṇī, the Mahānadī,

Ketumālā, Tāmraparṇī, Candrabhāgā, Sarasvatī, / Ṛṣikulyā, Kāverī, Mattagaṅgā, Payasvinī,

Vidarbhā, and Śatadrū: [these are] auspicious rivers that remove sins. / People of the Madhyadeśa and elsewhere drink their water.

The Pāñcālas, Kurus, Matsyas, Yaudheyas along with the Paṭaccaras, / the Kuntis, and the Śūrasenas are remembered as peoples of the Madhyadeśa.

O bull-bannered god, the Pādmas, Sūtas, Māgadhas, and Cedis, / the Kāśis, Videhas, and Kosalas are in the east.

The Kaliṅgas, Vaṅgas, Puṇḍras, Aṅgas, Vaidarbhas, and Mūlakas, / the lands within the Vindhya range, are remembered as being in the south-east.

The Pulindas, Aśmakas, Jīmūtas, the inhabitants of Nayarāṣṭra, / the Karṇāṭas, and dense Kambojas dwell in the southern region.

The Ambaṣṭhas, Draviḍas, Lāṭas, Kāmbhojas, Strīmukhas, Śakas, / and the inhabitants of Ānarta are to be known in the south-west.

The Strīrājyas, Saindhavas, Mlecchas, Nāsikyas, and Yavanas, / along with the inhabitants of Mathurā and Naiṣadhas, are to be known in the west.

The Māṇḍavyas, Tuṣāras, Mūlikas, Aśvamukhas, Khaśas, / Mahākeśas, and Mahānāsas are lands in the north-west.

The Lampākas, Stananāgas, Madras, Gāndhāras, and Bāhlikas, / [and] the Mlecchas dwelling in the Himālayas have taken recourse to the northern quarter.

The Trigartas, Nīlas, Kolātas, Brahmaputras, along with the Ṭaṅkaṇas, / the Abhīṣāhas, along with the Kāśmīras, are celebrated in the north-east.

Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Cosmography', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.