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the Law and the rest consititute akarma-bhūmi or simply bhoga-bhūmi. These are five Bharatavarsas, five Airavatavarsas and five Videhas. Human beings are divided into two classes : the Arvas and the Ml A six-fold division of the Āryas is also given according to the kşetra (region). jāti (breed), kula (caste), karma (deed), bhāsā (speech) and silpa (industry). The Sakas, the Yavanas, the Kambojas, the Savaras, etc., are designated as the Mlecchas. The inhabitants of the Antardvipas as already stated are strangley-shaped beings.
Bharatavarsa is located in the southern part of the Jambu-dvipa and is called after the name of the King Bharata, son of Rsabha, the first Tirthankara. As already said, it is like a crescent in shape, bounded in the north by the Himavana Mountain and other three sides by the Lavana samudra. Its length north to south is 526 yojanaś 6 kalās and east-towest 14471 yojanas 6 kalās, area 5380681 yojanas 17 kalās 17 bikalās. Mention has already been made about its rivers, the Ganga and the Sindhu. At the centre of Bharatavarsa there stands the Baitadhya Mountain dividing the country into two halves, Uttara Bharata and Daksina Bharata. The Ganga and the Sindhu pass through the Baitadhya Mountain and reach the sea, thus dividing the Uttara Bharata into
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