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40: 68: 159: 151: 190:. BDS 1.1.2.13-15 considers people from beyond this area as of mixed origin, and hence not worthy of emulation by the Aryans. Some sutras recommend expiatory acts for those who have crossed the boundaries of Aryavarta. Baudhayana 675:, Princeton University Press, p.68: "Aryavarta is defined by Manu as extending from the Himalayas in the north to the Vindhyas of Central India in the south and from the sea in the west to the sea in the east." 309:
The decline of Brahmanism was overcome by providing new services and incorporating the non-Vedic Indo-Aryan religious heritage of the eastern Ganges plain and local religious traditions, giving rise to the
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The post-Vedic period of the Second Urbanisation saw a decline of Brahmanism. With the growth of cities, which threatened the income and patronage of the rural Brahmins; the rise of Buddhism; and the
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s, who live outside the Aryan territory and Vedic traditions. The precise location and size of the region has been the subject of academic uncertainty. Some scholars, such as the archaeologists
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as stretching from the eastern to the western seas, reflecting the growing sphere of influence of the Brahmanical ideology.
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invasions and rule of northwestern India (2nd c. BC - 4th c. CE), Brahmanism faced a grave threat to its existence.
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and adhered to Vedic cultural norms (including religious rituals and poetry), in contrast to an outsider, or
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in the east was habitated by non-Vedic Indo-Aryans and other people, who gave rise to Jainism and Buddhism.
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recommends this for those who have crossed the boundaries of Aryavarta and ventured into far away places.
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Beyond Orientalism: The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and Its Impact on Indian and Cross-cultural Studies
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These texts also identify other parts of the Indian subcontinent with specific designations. The
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in the west and the confluence of the rivers Ganges (Ganga) and Jumna (Yamuna) in the east."
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was a central city of Aryavarta and was used as capital-city from 510 CE to 1197 CE under
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extended over time, as reflected in the various sources, as the influence of the
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Course of the Ganges river; Ganges-Yamuna doab western part of the green area.
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and north of the Vindhyas, but in BDS 1.1.2.11 Āryāvarta is confined to the
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Cemetery H, Late Harappan, OCP, Copper Hoard and Painted Grey ware sites.
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in the desert, to the west of the Kālakavana, to the north of the
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Is there Vedic evidence for the Indo-Aryan Immigration to India
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and the Vindhya Range and to the south of the Himalayas.
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existed. The entire region is considered sacred in the
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Index

Aryavarta
Aryabhata

Vedic period
northwest India
Greater Magadha

Sanskrit
Aryans
[aːrjaːˈʋərtə]
Indian subcontinent
Hindu texts
Dharmashastras
Indo-Gangetic Plain
settled
Indo-Aryan tribes
Indo-Aryan religion and rituals
Brahmanical ideology


Baudhayana Dharmasutra (BDS) 1.1.2.10
Himalayas
doab
Ganges
Yamuna
Vasistha Dharma Sutra
Sarasvati River
Pariyatra Mountains
Patanjali
Mahābhāṣya

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