[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c10.2 # The Geography of the Puranas c10.2 The Geography of the Purāṇas c10.2 - **Language:** English ### [c10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.2) With the extension of the domains of Indian monarchs (for instance, Aśoka), Bhārata acquired a wider significance and it came to include the north-western lands up to the Hindūkush and south-eastern lands up to Sumātrā and Jāvā. Cunningham names it Greater India and prefers to identify the traditional nine dwipas (or regions) of Bhāratavarṣa with regions within the Indian sub-continent as well as the peninsula and islands beyond the two Indian seas, i.e., the Bay of Begal and the Arabian Sea. - [Previous: c10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.1) - [Next: c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.3) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10.2) · Pramāṇa