Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s3.1

c5.s3.1

Of the mountains, the *Rgveda* mentions only a few, such as the Himavat⁸⁰ (the Himalayas together with other systems such as the Suleiman range) and the Mūjavat⁸¹ (called Muñjavat in later works and located in the Himalayas). The later Saṃhitās and Brāhmaṇas speak of the Trikakud or Trikakubh (modern Trikota in the Himalayas),⁸² while the *Taittirīya Āraṇyaka* refers to the Krauñca, Mahāmeru (i.e. Meru or Sumeru) and Maināka (or Maināga), all of them to be located in or about the Himalayan region.⁸³ The mountain on which Manu’s vessel rested after the subsidence of the Great Deluge is called ‘Manu’s Avasarpaṇa’ in the