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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.