[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) › c8.72 # The Geography of the Puranas c8.72 The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.72 - **Language:** English ### [c8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.72) The lake Sailodaya appears to be the Wular lake, which was formerly a big lake practically covering the whole of the Kashmir Valley. The R. Jhelum or R. Siloda of the Purāṇas still flows through it and it runs towards the west between the Indus and the Sutlej—the Chakṣu and the Sitā of the Purāṇas.⁹ - [Previous: c8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.71) - [Next: c8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.73) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.72) · Pramāṇa