[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967) › c6.s2.5 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s2.5 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s2.5 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s2.5) The number of the dvīpas forming the earth was sometimes also mentioned as nine or thirteen;¹⁷ but these conceptions apparently depended on the idea that the Bhārata-varṣa itself consisted of a number of islands like Indra-dvīpa, Nāga-dvīpa, etc., to which reference will be made below. - [Previous: c6.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s2.4) - [Next: c6.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s2.6) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s2.5) · Pramāṇa