340 AN tsSAY ON THE 



SECTION IL 



List of MouNTAixs, Rivers, and Countriks, 

 from the Pura'n'as, and other Books. 



1. IN the Brahman da-Puran a* we have the 

 following list of the mountains, rivers, and coun- 

 tries in the Empire of Bha'rata. 



To the East it is boimded hy the tribes of Cir&- 

 fas, or shepherds, living in the hills to the North 

 and North-East of Bengal ; to the West, by the 

 Yavanas, or Gretks of Bactriana. The four great 

 tribes live in the middle, and there are seven prin- 

 cipal ranges of mountains, or cula parvatas : Ma- 

 Inendra, toward Madras, Malaya^ on the coast of 

 Malabar, Sahya, toward Poonah, Stictiman, Ric- 

 sha, Vmdhija (the Bind hills), and Pariydtra. 



The inferior mountains are Mandara, Vaihara^ 

 Dardura, Coidhala, Sasurasa^ Maindca, Vidhyuta^ 

 Sriparvata, Ctituca, Cut'as'aila, Twigaprastlia, Crish- 

 nagiri, Godh'ana^ Hari-parvata, Pushpagiri, Jayan- 

 ta^ Raivdtaca, near the Reva, or Narmadd river. 

 In these mowntainous countries live the ^Aryya 

 Allechhas, or foreigners ; and all these mountains 

 are in the Deccan. 



The principal rivets are Gung&, Sinidhu, Saras- 

 *vati, Satadru or Sat la j, Chaiidrahhaga or Chinab^ 

 Yamuna or Jumna, Sarayii or Sarjew, Airavati or 

 Ravy, Vitasta or Bidasta, Vipos'a or B^ya, Dsvica^ 

 Cuhu, Gomatiy Uhutpdpa, BAhudd, Drlshadvat^j 

 Caus'ici or Cosaj VrUiyd, Nirvird, Gan'daci, icshu, 



* Section of the Earth. 



