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# The Geography of the Puranas c5.2

The Geography of the Purāṇas c5.2

- **Language:** English

### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5.2)

The World of the Rāmāyaṇa 22 The World of the Mahābhārata 32 The Purāṇic Dwipas 48 Jambū Dwipa of the Purāṇas 64 Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan Peaks of the Fifth and Higher Magnitudes 64 Jambū Dwipa 64 Sketch of Hindūkush (or W. Niṣadha Range) 64 Northern Lands, I 80 Northern Lands, II 80 Ketumāla 96 Bhadravaṛṣa 112 Bhāratavarṣa: Negative Areas 112 Bhāratavarṣa: Physical 112 Bhāratavarṣa: Rivers 112 Bhāratavarṣa: Janapadas or Communities 144 Bhāratavarṣa: Ancient Trade Routes 176 Bhāratavarṣa: Urban and Religious Centres 176

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit

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