In these continents, there is no revolution of the cycle of the different Yugas. Men are long-lived. They are classified as Aryakas, Kururas, Videhas, Bhavins, etc., and are said to be the four castes viz. the Brahmanas, Ksatriyas, and it indicates the land of warm temperate climate of the mediterranean basin (M. Ali— Geog. of the Piirdnas, pp. 39-42). F. Wilford shows how the name Plaksa still persists in Placia, a town in Mysia. The inhabitants speak a peculiar dialect spoken by Pelagsi of Cristone—spoken by the Pelagsis who lived on the shores of Hellespont at the time of Herodotus {Asiatic Researches VlII. 267-346). The close similarity in the names Plaksa, Pelagsi is significant. V. V. Iyer, in ‘The Seven Dvipas of the Puranas’ locates Plaksa dvipa in Greece and adjoining lands i.e. the climatically Mediterra¬ nean belt. The above approach of identifying these dvipas or ‘human regions’ by their climate and vegetation is saner than speculating their identity on the basis of the mountains or rivers as the names of these can be distorted to suit one’s theory. "‘The reading should be : rjvdyatdh as in V. 14 below. It means : ‘‘The mountains are broad and straight.” 316 Kurma Purana Vaisyas and Sudras in this continent. Lord Isa is worshipped by the people of all castes residing there.