[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.s3.2 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s3.2 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.2) ⁴¹ The Matsya and Padma Purāṇas, followed by Al-Bīrūnī, mention the dvīpas in the following order : (1) Jambu, (2) Śāka, (3) Kuśa, (4) Krauñca, (5) Śālmali (6) Gomeda (for Plakṣa), and (7) Puṣkara. See Matsya, Chapters 122-23 ; Padma, Svarga-khaṇḍa, Chapter 4 ; Sachau, Alberuni’s India, Vol. i, p. 236. As regards Gomeda, Raychaudhuri draws our attention to Ptolemy’s Komedai in Central Asia (Stud. Ind. Ant., 1958, pp. 67-68). - [Previous: c6.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.1) - [Next: c6.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.3) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.2) · Pramāṇa