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[King Bharata then proceeded to the South and arrived at the entrance to the region belonging to Varataņu ( of Varadāma Tirtha ). He again performed a fast, and after it discharged an arrow which fell in the house of Varatapu. King Varatapu immediately came to Bharata with a tribute and accepted him as his sovereign. Thereupon Bharata proceeded towards the west, came to the entrance of the river Sindhu. There too he practised a fast, and having penetrated the Lavana samudra, discharged an arrow at the king of Prabhasa Tirtha. The king arrived and accepted Bharata as his sovereign. Bharata thereafter conquered different countries such as Malava etc., and thus established his rule over the entire Aryan region. Thereafter Bharata proceeded to Vijayardha or Vaitadhya mountain to complete his conquest of the remaining three continents or Khandas. ]
1. 4a fufae agent, the camp of the army is making rapid movements. 23 वइजयंतिणियडे, in the neighbourhood of वैजयन्ती, ie, a narrow strip of water or channel of the sea through which access to the sea is possible.
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2. 13 दीयकवाड विडिवि थक्कहूं, the gates of different dvipas or islands in the लवणसमुद्र stood opened before him, i. e., as soon as Bharata recollected the holy chant, it was certain that his enemies would be defeated and the dvipas conquered.
4. 30 सहमंडवि वरतणुहि in the court-room of बरतणू, the king of वरदामतीर्थHemacandra does not mention the name of the king in his Trişaşti.
9. 20 gr, by the king of the Prabhasa Tirtha, situated at the fluence of the river Sindhu and the sea.
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10. 10 सुरसिंधुसरिहि देहलिय परिवि 1.e, regions standing between the Ganges (सुरसरि ) on the east and the Sindhu on the west. 5a अज्जखंड, the continents where the Aryans live. 140 विजय संमूह, towards the विजयार्थ moun tain. This is another name of mountain Vaitadhya as can be seen from lines 24-25 below where it is said that the mountain fa divides the earth into three Khandas on either side and crosses the continent from east to west.
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[After having conquered the three southern continents King Bharata came to Vaitadhya and encamped there. A god arrived there and requested him to strike the opening of a cave in the mountain so that he would obtain passage through it to the other side, Bharata then ordered his general to do ५६
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