The Geography of the Puranas c8.23

c8.23

(a) The descriptions or regional accounts of Ketumāla, Bhadrāśva, Uttara Kuru and Bhāratavarṣa.³ These regions have been discussed in the following chapters,⁴ and wherever possible suggestions have been made for their identification. In the case of Bhāratavarṣa the Bhāgawata mentions, besides the Gaṅgā, 42 other rivers; the Vāyu, 93; the Matsya, 90; the Viṣṇu, 17; and the Mārkaṇḍeya, 90. The lists of the Vāyu, Matsya and Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇas are practically identical.⁵