Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s5.20

c6.s5.20

East—1. Bhāgirathī-nadī ; 2. Sarayū-nadī, 3. Kauśiki-nadī ; 4. Kālinidī-nadī ; 5. Yamunā-nadī ; 6. Yāmuna-giri ; 7. Sarasvatī-nadī ; 8. Soṇa-nada ; 9. Mahi-nadī ; 10. Kālamahī-nadī ; 11. Brahmamālā ; 12. Videha ; 13. Mālava ; 14-15. Kāśi-Kośala ; 16. Magadha ; 17. Mahāgrāma ; 18. Puṇḍra ; 19. Aṅga ; 20. Koṣakāra-bhūmi; 21, Rajatākara; 22. Mount Mandara; 23. Karṇaprāvaraṇa; 24. Oṣṭhakarṇaka ; 25. Ghora-Lohamukha ; 26. Javana (Yavana); 27. Ekapādaka ; 28. Akṣaya ; 29. Vālavat ; 30. Puruṣadaka ; 31. the gold-complexioned Kirāta with pointed headgear or hair-knot ; 32. the islander Kirāta who move about in waters, eat raw fish and are known as Man-tigers ; 33. Yava-dvīpa with its 7 rājyas, 34. Suvarṇa-rūpyaka-dvīpa ; 35. Mount Śiśira beyond the Yava-dvīpa ; 36. Soṇa river with red water ; 37. land of the Asuras beyond the sea ; 38. Lohita sea ; 39. Kūṭaśālmali tree (in the Śālmali-dvīpa ?) ; 40. the abode of Garuḍa ; 41. land of the Mandeha Rākṣasas (of the Kuśa-dvīpa ?) ; 42. Kṣiroda sea (milk ocean around Śāka-dvīpa ?) ; 43. Mount Ṛṣabha in the said sea ; 44. Lake Sudarśana ; 45. Jaloda sea (Water Ocean around the Puṣkara-dvīpa ?) characterised by vaḍavāmukha (submarine fire) ; 46. Mount Jātarūpa (Gold) on the northern shore of the Jaloda ; and 47. Udayagiri (the sun-rise mountain) to the north of which is the Jambu-dvīpa.