[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s18.775 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.775 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.775 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.775](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.775) Dvīpa, ‘island,’ is mentioned in the Rigveda¹ and later.² But there is no reason to imagine that the islands referred to were other than sandbanks in the great rivers, Indus or Ganges.³ Vedic literature knows nothing of the system of geography according to which the earth consists of four, seven, or thirteen Dvīpas grouped round Mount Meru. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.774](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.774) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.776](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.776) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.775](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.775) · Pramāṇa