[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967) › c2.2 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c2.2 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c2.2) \*Lecture II : India and the World in the Epico-Puranic, Buddhist and Jain Traditions\* 1. Date and Nature of the Epico-Puranic Traditions 33 2. Conception of the Earth of Four Continents 38 3. Theory of the Seven-Continent Earth 47 4. Jambu-dvīpa and Bhārata-varṣa 51 5. Knowledge of Countries outside India 59 - [Previous: c2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c2.1) - [Next: c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c2.3) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c2.2) · Pramāṇa