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# The Geography of the Puranas (The Geography of the Purāṇas)

Purāṇic cosmography and the dvīpas; the seven dvīpas read as real regions; Jambudvīpa's mountains and rivers; the janapadas of Bhāratavarṣa, mapped.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [S. M. Ali](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ali-sm)
- **Extent:** 1,460 passages, 82,932 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · New Delhi: People's Publishing House 1966; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and… · In copyright (S. M. Ali); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that copy,…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c1) — 4 parts
- [c2 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c2) — 4 parts
- [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c3) — 11 parts
- [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c4) — 3 parts
- [c5 List of Maps and Diagrams](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c5) — 7 parts
- [c6 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c6) — 90 parts
- [c7 Chapter I Sources of Puranic Geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c7) — 6 parts
- [c8 Chapter IV. The River System of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) — 256 parts
- [c9 Chapter VII Regions of Jambu Dwipa: Bhadravarsa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c9) — 59 parts
- [c10 Chapter VIII Bharatavarsa : Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c10) — 101 parts
- [c11 Chapter X Bharatavarsa: Janapadas or Communities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c11) — 9 parts
- [c12 Chapter XI Bharatavarsa: Janapadas, Towns and Routes (Geographical Analysis)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c12) — 116 parts
- [c13 Chapter XIII Cosmogony, Cosmology and Cosmography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c13) — 9 parts
- [c14 Notes and References](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c14) — 3 parts
- [c15 Chapter II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c15) — 36 parts
- [c16 Chapter III](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c16) — 4 parts
- [c17 Chapter V](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c17) — 32 parts
- [c18 Chapter VI](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c18) — 5 parts
- [c19 Chapter IX](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c19) — 11 parts
- [c20 Chapter XII](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c20) — 19 parts
- [c21 Appendix](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c21) — 1 part
- [c22 Select Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c22) — 3 parts
- [c23 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c23) — 58 parts

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