Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Alberuni's India (v. 1)

(London :  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1910.)

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CHAPTER XXIX.
 

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Therefore the country, too, is divided according to the
lunar stations, and the figure which represents this
division is similar to a tortoise. Therefore it is called
ICurma-cakra, i.e. the tortoise-circle or the tortoise-
shape. The following diagram is from the Samhitd of
Varahamihira.
 


 

A**"
 

p     Jyeshtha.

S     Mflla. ■

f?     r^rvashadha.
 

.^
 


 

^■J^'
 


 

South.
 


 


 

.^ifi^
 


 

•nsT!.\,i\;unj     ;§
•uip.iy    S
 

V
 

North
 

Varahamihira calls each of the Nava-khanda a vctrga. P-^gc 149-.
He says:   "By them (the vargas) Bharatavarsha, t'.e. ofBharata-
half of the world, is divided into nine parts, the cen- according to
tral one, the eastern, &c."   Then he passes to the south, hilia! """'"
and thus round the  whole horizon.     That he under¬
stands by Bharatavarsha India alone is indicated by
his saying that each varga has a region, the king of
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