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(9) The *Mahābhārata* has ‘short but comprehensive account of the city of Dvārakā (I, 111, 15), Indra-prastha (I, 207, 30 f.), the floating city (III, 173, 3), Mithilā (III, 207, 7), Rāvaṇa’s Lankā (III, 283, 3 and 284, 4, 30), the sky-town (VIII, 33, 19), and the ideal town (XV, 5, 16). In the *Rāmāyaṇa* we find nearly the same descriptions as those in this later part of the Epic (*Mbh*.).’