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COSMOGONY, COSMOLOGY, ASTRONOMY
From the south the names are: (1) Bharata-kshetra : (2) Haimavata-kshetra; (3) Hari-kshetra; (4) Videhakshetra (5) Ramyaka-kshetra (6) Hairanyavatakshetra; (7) Airavata-kshetra.
Bharata-kshetra is the part to which we belong. Its form is something like this:
Maha-Sindhu
River
Sm
Mleccha
Maha-Ganga River avan Mountain
Mleccha- Mleccha Khanda-Vijayardha Mountain,
Mleccha
Mleccha
River Maha-Sindhu
Ar
A2 SALT SEA or
River Maha-Ganga
Arya-Khanda
A2
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LAVANA-SAMUDRA
Bharata - kshetra is divided by the Vijayardha Mountain into a northern and a southern region (VV). The northern region is peopled by Mlecchas (barbarians). The southern region is divided into three sections by two great rivers-the Maha-Sindhu in the west and the Maha-Ganga in the east. The barbarians again people the extreme eastern and western sections. IV. belong to the middle section called the Arya-khanda (A‚Â ̧Â ̧Â ̧). It is bounded by the Great Ganges on the east, by the Vijayārdha Mountain on the north, by the Great Indus on the west, and by the Salt Sea on the south.
