The Bhagavata Purana describes seven ancient continents called Sapta-Dvipa: Jambu, Plaksha, Salmala, Kusha, Krauncha, Saka, and Pushkara. Each continent is surrounded by unique oceans such as ...

The continents may have first risen high above the oceans of the world about 3 billion years ago, researchers say. That's about a billion years earlier than geoscientists had suspected for the ...

The Bhagavata Purana describes seven ancient continents called Sapta-Dvipa: Jambu, Plaksha, Salmala, Kusha, Krauncha, Saka, and Pushkara. Each continent is surrounded by unique oceans such as ...