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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)
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• 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