Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s5.25
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s5.25
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c6.s5.25
North—1. Mleccha ; 2. Pulinda ; 3. Śūrasena ; 4. Prasthala ; 5. Bharata ; 6. Kuru ; 7. Madra ; 8. Kāmboja ; 9. Yavana ; 10. pattanas of the Śakas ; 11. Himavat mountain; 12. Somāśrama; 13. Mount Kāla; 14. Mount Sudarśana (probably the same as Meru or Sumeru) ; 15. a tract 100 yojanas in extent ; 16. a lake (probably the Mānasa) ; 17. Mount Krauñca ; 18. Mount Maināka, the land of Aśvamukhī women and the hermitages of the Vaikhānasa and Bālakhilya sages ; 19. Śailodā-nadī ; 20. Uttara-Kuru, and 21. Somagiri beyond Maināka near the Northern Ocean