The Geography of the Puranas c6.70

c6.70

Agnidhara, the king of Jambū Dwīpa, had nine sons.... He apportioned Jambū Dwīpa among these nine sons. He gave the country called Hima, south of Himavat to Nabhi; Hemakūṭa to Kimpuruṣa; the country of Nisadha to Harivarṣa, the country in the centre of which Meru is situated to Ilāvṛta; the countries between it and the Nila mountains to Ramya; the country north of it called Śweta to Hiraṇvata, the country bounded by the Śṛngavān mountain, to the north of Śweta mountain, to Kuru; the countries to the east of Meru to Bhadrāśwa and Gandhamādana and to the west of Meru to Ketumāla....