Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s1.12

c6.s1.12

It has also to be pointed out that the cosmographical sections especially in the Purāṇas often contain confused and conflicting statements. Thus, sometimes in the same work, e.g. in the *Vāyu Purāṇa*, the earth is described as consisting of four island-continents as well as of seven such continents.⁸ Another instance of