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( 124 ) is identified with Hirat and the Nişadha mountain with the Hindukush. River Sitā of Brāhmaṇical tradition and river Sitodā of Jain tradition is located to the north of Nişadha mountain which is identified with the Yarkand river. Devakuru region of the Jain tradition is situate north of the Nişadha mountian on the east-west banks of the Sitodā river. The Uttarakuru region is situate to the north of the Sumeru mountain and to the South of the Neel mountain. The largest and the biggest mountain to the north of the Pamir range is the Ural mountain. Neel mountain of the Jain tradition may be identified with the Ural mountain.
The word 'Uttara' means upper, higher, northern, distant, excellent and superior. The first Aryan invaders Meaning of the of Bhārata, the Tștsus, after their victory over
Word 'Uttara' Bhārata, coalesced with their adversaries, the Purūs and the Bhartas and formed the Kuru tribe. They still preserved the reminiscences of their original land which was like a paradise to them known as Uttara kuru which means the distant land, to the North, of their excellent ancestors. The converted Bhāratīyanas were the junior partners in the tribe who, as new converted enthusiasts do, gladly accepted that foreign land as their own.
The earliest literary evidence provided by Vedic literature comes from Aitareya Brāhmaṇa. The lands of
Uttarakuru the Uttarakurus and Uttaramadras are Colonisation situate beyond the Himavanta. According to the Pali tradition, the people originally coming from Uttarakuru colonised the land which extended from Saraswati to Ganges; hence the name kuru. Kuru Kingdom consisted of these three parts : Kurujañgala, the Kuru-land proper and Kuruksetra. The Uttarakurus were the foreign intruders who, as is common with the new colonisers, retained the memory of their original land in
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