Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c19.17
Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c19.17
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c19.17
The conclusion seems to be supported by a section of the Skanda Purāṇa² apparently interpolated into the original work sometime in the medieval period.³ This section says how the nava-khaṇḍa Bhārata, i.e. Bhārata-varṣa consisting of nine divisions, was subdivided into seventy-two vibhedas or subdivisions, and quotes a list of the seventy-two (actually, seventy-five) countries together with the number of grāmas contained in each one of them. The list is introduced by the verse :
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- Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit