The Geography of the Puranas c8.159

c8.159

Nāga Śaila is the Farghana Range (formerly known as the Kugart Range). As the Naryn crosses this range and enters the Farghana valley, it receives tributaries from the north and the north-west which come down the Kuramin Range (which represents the Kapiñjala mountain of the Purāṇas). At the same time the River Naryn meets the Kara Darya which joins it from the south-east. Thereafter the combined waters of the Naryn and Kara Darya form the Syr Darya. The headstreams of Kara Darya rise from the two northern spurs of the great Tien-Shan range, which are named as the Mahānīla and Indranīla in the Purāṇic description.