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(Haimavatapradesa) has been identified by some with Tibet, by Ferguson with Nepāla and by Rhys Davids with the central Himālayas.
According to ancient Geographers the name Haimavata was applied to the entire mountain range stretching from Sulaimana along the west of Punjab and whole of the northern boundary of India up to the Assam and Arakan hill ranges in the east.'
It is very difficult to define the extents of Harivarşa. Dr. B.C.Law comes to our rescue here as well. According to him Himālayan range and Hemakut are placed in between Bhāratavarşa and Harivarsa. Hemakūta region is also called Kimpuruṣavarsa while the Haimavata region is called Kinnarakhanda. Himālayan range lay to the south of Hemakūta region. Hence Kinnara Khanda lay to the south of Kimpuruṣavarsa. Both these lay between Bhāratavarşa and Harivarsa.
Hence Harivarsa may be the region beyond the northern boundaries of the Bhāratavarşa, beyond the part of Rudra Himālaya or the Kailāśa range.
As already observed in 66 above, Bhāratavarşa is one of the dvīpas of the Jambūdvīpa, Vaitādhya, the mountain forming its measuring rod we can fix up the jurisdictions of the entire Bhāratavarşa forming the Kșetra of the Cakravartti Meghavāhana as illustrated by Dhanapāla during the course of his allusions to the regions coming within the fold of the administrative units of the great king. Harivāhana' has been described as the sole scion of Meghavāhana, the overlord of the circle of the earth divided by the four oceans and his lotus foot twain has been described as saluted by the groups of all the kings endowed with the affluence of virtues of the whole of Bhāratavarşa; Harivāhana' performed acts not fit to be performed by the princes of the kings of entire Bhāratavarşa; The sons of the lords of the mandalas abiding in the central and half of the southern parts of the Bhārata Kșetra offered homage to Harivāhana and his sire Meghavāhana, the lord of the earth endowed with enormous circle of the earth, enormous power born of his dignity, enormous army personal, enormous courage and enormous affluence, enjoying certain part of the Bhārata on account of his regard for his contemporary lords of the earth (being a Dharmavijayī), born in the Iks vāku race and Puri Ayodhyā being principal among all the towns, lineal capital of kings such as Raghu, Dilīpa and Dasaratha, the Creast jewel of the whole of Bhāratavarsa."
1. HGAI p. 96. B. C. Law. 2. TM. Vol. III p. 3. 3. Ibid. Vol. III p 14. 4. Ibid. Vol. III p.. 187, Vol. I p. 94.
