Geographical Location of Vedic Irina in Southern Rajasthan

Vedic literature refers to a place or region by name Irina. In the Rgveda it appears as a Iocale trequented by a particular wild animal for drinking water. But with the passage of time, in the Yajurveda texts, the word acquiles a negative meaning as a desert or a place devoid of water Gradually. In the natualistic Vedic texts Irina gets more and more associated with disaster misfortune. The physical features associated within Irina, as described metaphorically in the Vedic texts, ale analysed to identify its probable location. It is possible the word Irina iS the progenitor of the Greek name (gulf of) Ecrirnon of Periplus which is presently designated as the Ran-of-Kutch. During the Rgveda period Irina was in all probability, situated a little north of the Ran-of-Kutch. Available data indicates its location in the Luni- Jawal plains west of the Aravallis, In Rajasthan. The small town Erinpura (25° 5' N, 73°3' E) appears to retain memories or the Vedic Irina.