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# Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c2.3

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c2.3

- **Language:** English

### [c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c2.3)

\*Lecture III : Indian Subcontinent and its Neighbourhood\*  
1. Bhārata-varṣa and its Ninth Subdivision 69  
2. Puranic List of Janapadas 71  
3. Puranic List of Rivers 83  
4. Kūrma-vibhāga or Kūrma-niveśa 90  
5. Jain Lists of Janapadas 98  
6. Medieval Writers on Cosmography and Geography 102

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