[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) › c6.30 # The Geography of the Puranas c6.30 The Geography of the Purāṇas c6.30 - **Language:** English ### [c6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.30) It is that Purāṇa in which, 'commencing with the story of the birds that were acquainted with right and wrong, everything is narrated by Mārkaṇ- deya'. The birds were of celestial origin. They were born on the field of Kurukṣetra and lived in the Vindhya Mountains. The Purāṇa provides a sort of a supplement to the Mahābhārata filling in the blanks left in some of its narrations. Wilson assigns it to the 9th or 10th century A.D. - [Previous: c6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.29) - [Next: c6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.31) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.30) · Pramāṇa