[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c8.174 # The Geography of the Puranas c8.174 The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.174 - **Language:** English ### [c8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.174) The last paragraph under this head, i.e., (b) above dismisses summarily the northern regions lying beyond Śṛṅgavān. In two or three sentences it gives a cross-section of the vast region stretching to the Arctic. In it we get a glimpse of the lakes of the north, the coniferous forest belt and the Tundras. As ‘nobody could go there’, a detailed account of the regions was considered by the Purāṇics as unnecessary and superfluous. However, in a later chapter (summarised in (e) above) some details of small areas are given in a generalised manner. - [Previous: c8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.173) - [Next: c8.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.175) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.174) · Pramāṇa