Reappraisal of Linkages between Concepts and Ideas in Geography and the ‘Puranas'

Abstract

Knowledge of Geography had been enlightened in ‘Puranas' and number of eminent thinkers or scholars studied in this respect. But instead of these there are still remain some corner to be discussed. Among these ‘Puranas' most popular ‘Puranas', written in ‘Devnagari' language or Sanskrit, are ‘Brahma Purana', ‘Padma Purana', ‘Vishnu Purana', and ‘Shiva Purana'. This paper seeks to explore the relevance of Geographical concepts and ideas as described by the ancient sages in India. For this purpose the authors are go through the ‘Puranas' to search about the aforesaid fact. The central endeavour is to establish the necessity of reappraisal of ‘Puranas' to achieve the scientific knowledge, relevance of scriptures for further study.