The Geography of the Puranas c7.s4.11

The Geography of the Purāṇas c7.s4.11

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c7.s4.11

The idea of seven continents, seven iqlims (climates), seven keśwars (empires), seven seas, seven lands and seven skies is quite old, but it appears for the first time in the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata.¹

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit