The Geography of the Puranas c11.s1.16

c11.s1.16

The dominating features of Rajasthan are the Aravallis and the desert of Thar. The main Aravalli range runs from Gujarat in the south-west to Delhi in the north-east. Its steep front to the desert plains of Thar is formed of discontinuous and sometimes echeloned ridges, the highest point, the great granitic mass of Mt. Abu (5,646 feet) lies off the main axis in the extreme south-west. Around Udaipur, the Aravallis reach their culmination in a great node of spurs and curving ridges; thence another series of low ridges strike off east-north-east. These ridges run parallel to and south of the Banas river, which cuts across them towards the south, near Tonk, to join the Chambal. They then run further towards the Gambhīra river to the Bharatpur region, from where they turn towards the north parallel to the Yamunā and pass through Deeg to Alwar. In Alwar, the eastern and the main western ridges meet to form a complex of low hilly country from where a spur of the same system meets the Yamunā at Delhi.