Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s5.26

c6.s5.26

Of the errors due to confusion, the most unfortunate in the lists is the mention of Prāgjyotiṣapura in the west. The mention of Yava-dvīpa (literally, ‘the barley island’, under which name it is also mentioned in Ptolemy’s Geography about the middle of the 2nd century A.D.) exhibits some knowledge of South East Asia. But otherwise the lists exhibit poor knowledge of the lands outside the boundaries of the Indian sub-continent though an attempt was made to cover it with imaginary details regarding names which look like fabricated in many cases.