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Āryāvarta (Sanskrit: "abode of the Aryans", (:aːɾjaːˈʋəɾtə)) is the historic name for the present-day northern Indian Subcontinent, and territories north of Vindhyas in India, Nepal and the provinces of Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan, as per the classical Sanskrit literature. ==Classical sources== The ''Manusmṛti'' (2.22) gives the name to "the tract between the Himalaya and the Vindhya ranges, from the Eastern Sea (Bay of Bengal) to the Western Sea (Arabian Sea)".〔Michael Cook (2014), ''Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective'', 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."〕 The ''Vasistha Dharma Sutra'' I.8-9 and 12-13 locates the Āryāvarta to the east of the disappearance of the Sarasvati River in the desert, to the west of the Kālakavana, to the north of the Pariyatra Mountains and the Vindhya Range and to the south of the Himalayas. The Baudhayana ''Dharmasutra'' (BDS) 1.1.2.10 gives similar definitions and declares that Āryāvarta is the land that lies west of Kālakavana, east of Adarsana, south of the Himalayas and north of the Vindhyas, but in BDS 1.1.2.11 Āryāvarta is confined to the doab of the Ganges-Yamuna, and BDS 1.1.2.13-15. Patanjali's defines Āryāvarta like the ''Vasistha Dharmasutra''. Some sutras recommend expiatory acts for those who have crossed the boundaries of Āryāvarta. The ''Baudhayana Shrauta Sutra'' recommends this for those who have crossed the boundaries of Āryāvarta and ventured into far away places. The Gurjara-Pratihara king in the tenth century was titled the ''Maharajadhiraja of Aryavarta''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Āryāvarta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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