The Geography of the Puranas c8.229

c8.229

(i) The mountains Gandhamadana Pinjara and Sveta, though they contribute to the waters of the Oxus, are not located, even approximately, to the west of the Meru region; hence they are excluded from the above list. Their location on the accompanying map will show that the first two are more towards the south, and the third more towards the north than towards the west of Meru.