Which country is the myth of Turtle Pagoda from?

At the beginning of A Brief History of Time, an interesting story was told. It is said that a famous scientist was completely refuted by an old lady after a speech on astronomy. The old woman said, "The world is actually a flat plate on the turtle's back. There is another turtle under this turtle. That's it. Turtles were carried down to form a turtle tower. This is the basic model of this wonderful universe. "

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This stems from the cosmology of ancient Indians, who believed that elephants stood on giant turtles to support the world, and giant turtles stood on snakes.