Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s2.23

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⁶⁶ Ved. Ind., Vol. i, p. 169. According to the epico-Puranic tradition, the Paurava or Bhārata king Kuru, son of Saṃvaraṇa, cultivated the field and settled therein, so that it became famous as king Kuru’s field. But this tradition appears to be opposed to the evidence of the Vedic literature.