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## Chapter 102
**102**
The distance between these mountains, with their respective Patala-caves, is sixteen thousand yojanas.
**464**
On top of these mountains, there are many cities built, where the Naga-Kumaras of the Velandhara clan reside with their lords.
**465**
Forty-two thousand Naga-Kumaras, by their duty, hold the inner boundary of the salt ocean, while seventy-two thousand Naga-Kumaras, with a strong devotion to water-sports, always hold the outer boundary of the salt ocean, which is full of water.
**466-467**
Twenty-eight thousand Naga-Kumaras hold the elevated peak of the salt ocean.
**468**
Twelve yojanas to the west-north of the salt ocean, there is an island called Gotama, which is twelve thousand yojanas wide and equal on all sides. Gotama Deva is the presiding deity of this island. In terms of family and other aspects, Gotama Deva is equal to Kaustubha Deva.
**469-470**
In the east of the salt ocean, there are people with one leg, in the south, those with horns, in the west, those with tails, and in the north, those who are mute.
**471**
In all four directions, there are people with ears like those of a rabbit. To the north and south of the one-legged people, there are people with faces like horses and lions respectively.
**472**
On both sides of the horned people, there are people with ears like those of a Shashkuli, and on both sides of the tailed people, there are people with faces like dogs and monkeys respectively.
**473**
On both sides of the mute people, there are people with ears like those of a Shashkuli. On both sides of the Vijaya mountain, which extends into the east-west ocean, there are people with faces like cows and sheep respectively.
**474**
On the eastern and western corners of the Himavat mountain, there are people with faces like meteors and black faces respectively. On the eastern and western corners of the Shikhari mountain, there are people with faces like clouds and lightning respectively.
**475**
On both corners of the Airavat region, which is Vijaya, there are people with faces like mirrors and hands respectively. These twenty-four islands are the abodes of the aforementioned people.
**476**
The islands in the directions and sub-directions are five hundred yojanas away from the coast of the ocean, the islands in the intermediate directions are five hundred and fifty yojanas away, and the islands on the corners of the mountains are six hundred yojanas away. In front of these islands, there is a mountain each.
**477**
The islands in the directions are...| SR No. | 001271 |
| Book Title | Harivanshpuran |
| Original Sutra Author | Jinsenacharya |
| Author | Pannalal Jain |
| Publisher | Bharatiya Gyanpith |
| Publication Year | 2003 |
| Total Pages | 1017 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Literature, & Story |
| File Size | 26 MB |