[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.s3.6 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s3.6 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.6) With the exclusion of the Jambu-dvīpa, the divisions of the other island-continents were all named after the grandsons of Priyavrata, to whom they were allotted.⁴³ The divisions of the Jambu-dvīpa will be discussed later. It may however be noted here that the names Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla, which are applied to parts of the Jambu-dvīpa in the seven-continent theory, are explained by the Purāṇas as territories allotted to two of Agnīdhra's sons of those names mentioned above. - [Previous: c6.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.5) - [Next: c6.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.7) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c6.s3.6) · Pramāṇa