Diana Eck's study works from her own documented fieldwork and textual research mapping India's network of pilgrimage sites, sacred rivers and holy cities such as Mathura and Kamakhya as an integrated sacred landscape, rather than treating each site as an isolated case. That comparative, geography-wide method, checkable against the specific sites and textual traditions it names, is the study's real evidentiary basis. This record has not independently traced further scholarly disagreement with Eck's specific claims. Its own stated limit is that its breadth, covering Hindu sacred geography across the subcontinent, means a claim needing deep textual or ritual detail on one specific site may need a source focused on that site alone. Use it for established scholarly facts about Hindu sacred geography and pilgrimage practice generally.
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Diana Eck's study, built from her own fieldwork and textual research, mapping India's pilgrimage sites, sacred rivers and holy cities as an integrated sacred landscape rather than treating each site in isolation; a comparative survey, so deep detail on one site may need a dedicated source. NotesDiana Eck's scholarly study of India as a sacred landscape, mapping its network of pilgrimage sites, sacred rivers and holy cities such as Mathura and Kamakhya. Use for established scholarly facts about Hindu sacred geography and pilgrimage practice; a comparative scholarly survey, so a claim requiring deep textual or ritual detail on one specific site may need a source focused on that site alone.
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AuthorDiana L. Eck
PublisherHarmony Books
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://archive.org/details/indiasacredgeogr0000eckd
Source TypeScholarly work
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Diana, Deities This source names Diana directly: "Diana Eck's study works from her own documented fieldwork and textual research mapping India's network of pilgrimage sites, sacred rivers and holy cities such as Mathura and Kamakhya as an..."
This source names Mathura directly: "sacred rivers and holy cities such as Mathura and Kamakhya as an integrated sacred landscape, rather than treating each site as an isolated case."
Claims Backed By This Source (169 claims)
This source backs 169 claims across the atlas. As facts: 114 well-attested. As cited relationships: 23 holds. Plus 32 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Sites, 84 claims: 63 well-attested, 6 holds, 15 general references.
- Cities, 29 claims: 13 well-attested, 10 holds, 6 general references.
- Articles, 19 claims: 18 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Bodies of Water, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds, 3 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Practices, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Deities, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Holidays & Festivals, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Regions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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