The Geography of the Puranas c7.s5.55
The Geography of the Purāṇas c7.s5.55
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c7.s5.55
The above description of the Karakoram cluster partly satisfies the conditions which according to the Purāṇas, apply to Meru. It is no doubt a vast, snow-covered, inaccessible, high plateau dotted with numerous magnificent peaks and surrounded by the deep ravines of rivers which flow round it. But the following primary facts do not qualify it for its identification with Meru: