Āryāvarta

Also known as Aryavart, Aryavarta

thumb|The approximate extent of Āryāvarta during the late Vedic period (ca. 1100-500 BCE). Aryavarta was limited to northwest India and the western Ganges plain, while [[Greater Magadha in the east was habitated by non-Vedic Indo-Aryans and other people, who gave rise to Jainism and Buddhism.]] thumb|Vedic India alt=|thumb|Cemetery H, Late Harappan, OCP, Copper Hoard and Painted Grey ware sites.

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Vinony files it under Ancient Indian geography, Historical regions in India and North India.

Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

Geographical boundaries
Ganges-Yamuna doab
From sea to sea
Greater Magadha and its association with Aryavarta
Other regional designations
Political history
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading

Āryāvarta (Sanskrit: आर्यावर्त, , ) is a term for the northern Indian subcontinent in the ancient Hindu texts such as Dharmashastras and Sutras, referring to the areas of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and surrounding regions settled during and after the Indo-Aryan migrations by Indo-Aryan tribes and where Indo-Aryan religion and rituals predominated. The limits of Āryāvarta extended over time, as reflected in the various sources, as the influence of the Brahmanical ideology spread eastwards in post-Vedic times.

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