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# Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s3.46

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s3.46

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### [c5.s3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s3.46)

2. Varaṇāvavatī—known from the Atharvaveda; identified by Ludwig with the Ganges.  
3. Sadānīrā—same as the Karatoyā according to the lexicons; but mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa as the boundary between the lands of the Kośalas and the Videhas; may be any of the rivers now called Ghogra, Rāptī and Gaṇḍak.  
4. Sudāman—known from the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.⁹⁸

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