Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s1.17

c6.s1.17

confusion is exhibited by the representation of the Bhārata-varṣa sometimes as a part of the Jambu-dvīpa, and sometimes as identical with the latter. Likewise, the Sāgarasamvṛta-dvīpa, said to be the ninth part of the Bhārata-varṣa, is regarded also as co-terminous with the whole of the Indian subcontinent (together with parts of Central Asia) lying to the south of the Himalayan region.