[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) › c8.210 # The Geography of the Puranas c8.210 The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.210 - **Language:** English ### [c8.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.210) The topography of Ketumāla and Western Ilāvṛta which, in more ancient accounts, for instance in the Mahābhārata, was included in Ketumāla, is so clearly and accurately described that one can very easily reconstruct the map of Ketumāla from the Purāṇas and check the details on a modern topographical map. As usual the Vāyu Purāṇa describes the various aspects of this region in different chapters. The relevant headings and paragraphs which deal with them are as follows: - [Previous: c8.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.209) - [Next: c8.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.211) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.210) · Pramāṇa