The continent takes its name from a giant Jambu tree (Syzygium cumini), 100 yojanas tall, which grows in the middle of the continent.
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It is a relatively broad mythology, as it was adopted and influenced by several diverse cultures such as Gandhara (Peshawar, Pakistan) which was the capital of Bactria.
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"La lepre nella luna" ("The hare in the Moon") is inspired by a Buddhist legend of the Moon rabbit.
Uttarakuru, a continent in ancient Hindu and Buddhist mythology