History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c14.s3.7

v1.c14.s3.7

7. The number of villages in Kashmir is given by Stein as 66,063. Every country in ancient India had traditionally a fixed number of villages; e. g. the three Mahārāṣṭras had 99000. The number for Kashmir looking to its extent seems exaggerated. But we may state here that this traditional number is also given by the Skanda Purāṇa in which in Chapter 39 Māheshvara Khaṇḍa, the names of countries with their numbers of villages is given. Therein the number for Kashmir is given as 66000. All towns etc. are included in these and perhaps towns must have been counted as more than one village.