“A dolphin lying on the sands, dried out by the North wind, could refer to the Gangetic dolphin, as in fact it does at 1.176...”
M1
“The Angirasas gained the whole enjoyment of the Pani, its herds of the cows and the horses.”
Mandala 1
“Elsewhere, he “found the cattle, found the horses, found the plants, the forests and the waters” (1.103.5).”
Mandala 1
“The chronological order of the Mandalas, as we saw, is: VI, III, VII, IV, II, V, VIII, IX, X, with the chronological period of Mandala I spread out over the periods of at least four other Mandalas (IV...”
Mandala 1