The Geography of the Puranas c3.2

c3.2

Of all the Purāṇas, the Vāyu was selected as a base for this work for two reasons: firstly, copies of the various editions of this Purāṇa are easily available. Secondly, the Vāyu includes essentially the geographical matter contained in all other Purāṇas and in addition gives more details in some cases. Other Purāṇas, the Viṣṇu, the Matsya, the Garuda, the Mārkaṇḍeya, the Bhāgawata and the Padma were consulted where the Vāyu text appeared to be doubtful or needed scrutiny.