The Fundamental Unity of India (from Hindu Sources)

Tho Risk counterpart of the Vedic description of the Punjab is the following couplet of the 31 ehabhandri Saran-parva chapter 44:— fargrirr winiirwift..ramprr rum w yip mivrarit:OF INDIA 23 attained in that age which seems to have been confined by the snowy mountains in the north the Indus and the range of Suleiman mountains in the west the Indus.or the sea in the south and the valley of th [...] The -. Warm Veda for instance sings the praises of the mother country as the land of the brave and the pious of heroism and enterprise of commerce and trade of science and art of virtue and greatness of countless medicinal herbs and plants ;1 the land girt by the sea and fertilised by the famed rivers like the Indus and rich in grain and foodstuffs ; the land where our forefathers lived a [...] The Buddhist veneration of relics led to the construction of multitudes of domed cupolas (stupas dagobris) for the safe custody of the relics surrounded with accessory structures upon which were lavished all the resources of art ; while the necessities of monastic life led to the erection of vihiiras and chaityas monasteries and churches both rock-cut and structuraL The Pillars (late) at Delhi [...] Thus the widest gegraphical extent of Vedic India was the country bounded by the snowyonoutains in the north the Indus and the range of the Suleiman mountains in the west the Indus and the sea in the south and the valley of the Yamuna and the Ganges in the east."1 The country beyond the Vindhya range and the Narmada river which are not mentioned in the IfiVeda was not known to the Ve [...] Thus the ArthaffaRtra of Kautilya which is generally attributed to C1111=1414 the minister of Chandra-"50 THE FUNDAMENTAL UNITY gupta shows a good knowledge of the economic products of the various parts of India including the south.