[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) › c6.8 # The Geography of the Puranas c6.8 The Geography of the Purāṇas c6.8 - **Language:** English ### [c6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.8) The Bhūmi Khaṇḍa defers any description of the earth until its close, filling up 127 chapters with legends of a very mixed character, some ancient and common to other Purāṇas, but the greater part, peculiar to itself, illustrative of the tīrthas or essential places of pilgrimage. - [Previous: c6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.7) - [Next: c6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.9) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6.8) · Pramāṇa