The Geography of the Puranas c21.s1.6

c21.s1.6

I have only one important point to raise. I am convinced that your identification of Shakdwipa (Sakadwipa) is wrong. We have so much literature in Sanskrit regarding Brahmins from Shakdwipa migrating to India and introducing Sun-worship here that it has been taken for granted that this Dwipa was somewhere close to Iran, probably eastern Iran. I would, therefore, like you to reconsider the matter. There are one or two other doubtful identifications but they are rather unimportant....