Book Title: Jain Universe
Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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________________ Bharat kshetra • Located in the Southern part of Jambudvip Vaitadhya mountain runs from East to West in the middle (width 50 yojan) divides into two halves (North and South) · • Two rivers (Ganga and Sindhu) run from North to South. They divide each North and South sections into three sub_continents • Mountain has two tunnels connecting North and South section • Chakravarti king rules all six sub_continents (only he can pass through the tunnels) · Vasudev king rules three sub_continents • Southern middle sub_continent is known as Arya_kshetra · Remaining five sub_continents are known as Anarya_kshetra (Malechchha) • Tirthankar is born only in Arya_kshetra

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