[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) › c8.s2.t2.3 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t2.3 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s2.t2.3) 3. From these mountains, a good many nameless rivers flow in contrary directions to meet these two rivers, and of these nameless rivers one forms the Oxeian Lake, the middle of which lies in 111° E, 45° N, and other two streams descend from the same hilly regions as the Iaxartes—the regions in question are called the Highlands of the Komedai (Gomeda of the Purāṇas and Kiu-mi-t'o of Hiuen-tsang). Each of these streams falls into the Iaxartes; one of them is called Demos and its sources lie in 124°, 43°; its junction with the river Iaxartes occurs in 123°, 47°. The other is the Baskatis whose sources lie in 123°, 43°; its junction with the river Iaxartes occurs in 121°, 47° 30'. - [Previous: c8.s2.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s2.t2.2) - [Next: c8.s2.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s2.t2.4) - [Up: c8.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s2.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c8.s2.t2.3) · Pramāṇa