[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) › c5.s2.12 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s2.12 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s2.12 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s2.12) ⁵⁷ i. 1 .2. 9ff. This work regards the Avanti, Aṅga, Magadha, Surāṣṭra, Dakṣiṇāpatha, Upāvṛt, Sindhu and Sauvira, who apparently lived on the borders of Āryāvarta, as saṅkīrṇa-yoni, i.e. exhibiting an admixture of Aryan and Non-Aryan blood and culture (i. 2. 14-16). The same section prescribes purification by the performance of Punastoma or Sarvapṛṣṭhā for people visiting the lands of the Āraṭṭa, Kāraskara, Puṇḍra, Sauvira, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga and Prāṇūna. A gāthā, further quoted in the work, also disapproves visit to the Kaliṅga country. Cf. Sircar, Stud. Geog. Anc. Med. Ind., pp. 172, 178. - [Previous: c5.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s2.11) - [Next: c5.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s2.13) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.1.2.9) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s2.12) · Pramāṇa