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chain is the sacred peak of Kailās, the Olympus of the Hindu gods, the axis of the universe and the way to heaven; while the ending of the Periplus is that of the Sitā-quest in the Rāmāyana:

Halt not till you reach the country where the northern Kurus rest,
Utmost confines of the wide earth, home of Gods and Spirits blest!"
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