[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c19.17 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c19.17 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c19.17 - **Language:** English ### [c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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 : - [Previous: c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c19.16) - [Next: c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c19.18) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c19.17) · Pramāṇa