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The result was delete. Sandstein 22:06, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First world map Mahabharata (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Without any references, this is a "just-so" story and WP:OR and non-notable. See also: Early world map Mahabharata. Kleuske (talk) 12:18, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Whilst it may well be a real claim, it looks all a bit OR to me. The few sources I have found fail RS.Slatersteven (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete As per nomination. ─ 1997kB 05:34, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. MT Train^Discuss 06:50, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Slatersteven. —usernamekiran(talk) 08:45, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Tag heavily as needing proper sourcing. If this is genuine it is very significant, predating early world maps from Chinese sources and anything European. Like everyone else I am very suspicious that this is pure invention, but I do not know. I am suspicious that this is the invention of Hindu nationalists. Reconsider in six months -- We need a scholar on Hindu literature to advise here. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:24, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Topic is interesting but needs more sources. Genome$100 (talk) 09:46, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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