File:World Elephants on Turtle on Serpent Ouroboros.jpg

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World supported by pillars of Elephants; atop the Tortoise; cradled within the Serpent (Ouroboros snake) universe - Ancient Indian Cosmology Myth

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English: Source picture is entitled "Views of India from an atlas by the geographer Thunot Duvotenay (1796-1875), published in Paris, 1843" from page http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/compendia/duvotenay/duvotenay.html picture#4 showing ancient Indian cosmology myth - Planet Earth being supported by Elephants; carried on the back of the cosmic Tortoise; nestled within the Naga (Ouroboros - snake eating own tail) universe. The picture has been digitally cleaned up by TYalaA (me)
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Source http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/compendia/duvotenay/04.jpg
Author Thunot Duvotenay (1796-1875)

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