Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

To fix the other boundaries of the Jambu we have the help of the dscriptions of the marches of the armies for Di).. [...] So in this Dvipa I include the land surrounded by the waters of the Persian Gulf the Red Sea the Aegian Sea the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. [...] Again the word Plaksa is seen in the names like Bakash and Balkh and the word Iksu contained in the Iksrasoda the surroundiug ocean is reflected in the words Euxine 6 the Greek name for the Black Sea and the Oxus. [...] The last is the Suddhoda the largest of the oceans encircling as it is the whole southein belt of the earth. [...] Especially I point to the east—tup theory the meaing of the term Dvipa the meru and the Lotus theories the widening of the lands in geometrical progression the westering of waters in accordance with the Puranic descripiions the Prdaksina cyclic order theory and lastly the Paficamrta order theory.