The Geography of the Puranas c7.s5.7
The Geography of the Purāṇas c7.s5.7
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c7.s5.7
(5) A marked feature of the dwīpa is its occupational structure. The practice of rearing domestic animals, trade, husbandry are non-existent there* (Matsya). This points to the fact that the people living there are nomads and hunters and in general primitive and savage as described in other Purāṇas as well.