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The Nadistuti at Close Range: A Verse-by-Verse Reading of Rigveda 10.75
Rigveda 10.75 contains one of the oldest geographical inventories in South Asia, embedded in a hymn of praise to the Sindhu. A close reading of the text: its composer, its two river-lists, the metrical structure, and what makes the hymn methodologically valuable to historians of geography.
Vedic Geography: Where the Rig Veda Was Actually Composed
The Rig Veda is a deeply geographical text. Its hymns name rivers, mountains, plains and cardinal directions with a consistency that lets us pin its composition to a specific region — the Saptasindhu, the 'Land of the Seven Rivers' in what is today Punjab, Haryana, and eastern Pakistan.