The Status, Features, and Functions of Mountain in Indian Methodological History

In the intimate, friendly, and existential geography of Ancient India, where there is ultimate mingling between humans, and gods and environment, it is hard to find a story about mountains, unassociated with gods and daemons. Among mountain features investigated in this paper through descriptive analysis, some qualities such as life, breeding, family relationship, and flying have an ancient history. The creation of natural phenomena like Krauncha passage is considered as mythical aetiology and a part of the sacred history. Mountains are personified and may express jealousy, outrage, obedience and disobedience, or they may get punished, or judge like humans and gods. In events such as tearing the mountains apart, we witness the inevitable conflict between evil and good to achieve order and balance in the world.