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ksetra is divided by the Vijayārarlha mountain into a northern and a southern region. The northern region is peopled by Milecchas
255 (barbarians) The southern region is divided into three sections by two great rivers--the Maha-Sindhu GIFTN Indus in the west and the Maha-Gañgā ITOTT Ganges in the east. The barbarians, again, people the extreine eastern and western sections.
We belong to the midille section callel the Arya-khanda, It is boundled by the Great Ganges on the east, by the Vijayār
ha Mountain on the north, by the Great Iulus on the west, and by the Salt sea on the south
Bharata-ksétra is 526} yojans broad. The rivers, the Great Inclus and the Great Ganges, and the mountain Vijayārdha clivide it into six sections as seen above.
Our whole world with its Asia, Europe, America, Africa, Australia etc. is included in Arya-khandu.
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