Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c5.s1.2

c5.s1.2

In the Hindu or Brahmanic mythology, Prithu, (said to be ruling the Gangā-Yamunā doab) son of King Vena, is credited with the introduction of an agricultural and urban way of life by founding towns and villages and even mining. He is said to have achieved this feat by first "flattening" the earth, so as to facilitate agriculture, storage of water and building of houses. Hence the earth is called "prithvī", after Prithu. See Shrimad Bhāgavat Purāṇa, IV. 18. (Gujarati Edition published by M. T. TELIWALA, Bombay, 1934, p. 149.)