The Geography of the Puranas c7.s1.1

c7.s1.1

The Ṛgveda Saṃhitā mentions tribes, rivers and a few mountains and deals particularly with the natural phenomena which appealed to the aesthetic sense of their authors. It contains accounts of (1) the fight of Indra and the gods against Vṛtra and his herds; (2) the fight of Indra and Divodāsa against Sambara and his army; (3) the fight of Kutsa against Suṣṇa and his army; (4) the fight of Indra against various Asura chiefs; (5) the recovery of cows by the Angirasas from the Pāṇis; (6) the war carried on by Ten Kings against Sudāsa; (7) the wars that were waged between different countries; (8) the activities of the various priestly clans which were the authors of the Ṛgvedic hymns; (9) the exploits of Indra, Aśvins and other gods; (10) the tribes which belonged to the Āryan stock and also of those tribes which came under the Āryan influences.