Aryavarta boundaries : VÂSISHTHA DHARMASÂSTRA
The following passage is quoted from VÂSISHTHA DHARMASÂSTRA, but the author may not be the same as our Vasishtha, the husband of Arundhati and the great grandfather of Veda Vyasa वेद व्यास.
8. The country of the Âryas (Âryâvarta) lies to the east of the region where (the river Sarasvatî) disappears, to the west of the Black-forest, to the north of the Pâripâtra (mountains), to the south of the Himâlaya. 8
9. (According to others it lies to the south of the Himâlaya) and to the north of the Vindhya range (being limited east and west by the two oceans). 9
10. Acts productive of spiritual merit, and customs which (are approved of) in that country, must be everywhere acknowledged (as authoritative);
11. But not different ones, (i.e. those) of (countries where) laws opposed (to those of Âryâvarta prevail). 11
12. Some (declare the country of the Âryas to be situated) between the (rivers) Gaṅgâ and Yamunâ. 12
13. Others (state as) an alternative, that spiritual pre-eminence (is found) as far as the black antelope grazes. 13
14. Now the Bhâllavins quote also (the following) verse in the Nidâna: 14
15. ‘In the west the boundary-river, in the east 15 the region where the sun rises,–as far as the black antelope wanders (between these two limits), so far spiritual pre-eminence (is found).
via SBE 14: Vasishtha: Chapter I.
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