Historical Geography of Ancient India c9.263

c9.263

*Vaidūryaparvata*.—It is the Satpura range situated in Gujarat. The hermitage of the sage Agastya was on this hill (*Mahābhārata*, Vanaparva, Ch. 88). It is so called because the costly stone of lapis luzuli is found here. The most important minor mountain associated with the Sahya is the Vaidūrya, which is generally identified with the Oroudian mountain of Ptolemy. It included the northernmost part of the Western Ghats, but the *Mahābhārata* suggests that it included also a portion of the southern Vindhya and the Satpura ranges.