Ketumala and other sub-continents - Verse 2
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 47 · Verse 2
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Sanskrit Original
प्लक्षद्वीपे च विप्रेन्द्राः सप्तासन कुलपर्वताः। ऋज्वायताः सुपर्वाणः सिद्धसङ्घनिषेविताः।।
plakṣadvīpe ca viprendrāḥ saptāsan kulaparvatāḥ| ṛjvāyatāḥ suparvāṇaḥ siddhasaṅghaniṣevitāḥ||
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M. Ali identifies the Jarudhi range of mountains with Kirghiz- Zailai Ala-Tau, Ketmen chain. Its twin, the Kara Tau, Talars, Kungei, Ketmin chain which extends westwards is the Trisrhga or Srhgivan mountain of the Puranas (Op. Cit. p. 83). The chapter shows the acquaintance of the author of KP. with the main mountain systems and river-systems in Asia.