The Geographical Expansion of the Indian Cultural Sphere Symbolized by the Metaphor of the Five Rivers of India and the Metaphor of the Four Rivers of Asia
1967; Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4259/ibk.16.474
ISSN1884-0051
Autores Tópico(s)Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
ResumoColonization:(1) Aryan Nationalism;(2) Middle-Way Co-existence;(3) The International Dharma Kingdom of Asoka.The Aryan Middle Kingdom (Madhyadesa) as founded at Kuru-Panchala,(1) According to the Laws of Manu (Manavadharma sastra II, 21-22), the Middle Kingdom is considered to be the territory bounded by the Himavat (Himilaya) in the north, the Vindhya Mountains on the south, Vinasana on the west and Prayaga(Allahabad) on the east.According to the S'atapathabramana (1, 4, 14-16) the god of the sacred fire, Agni-vasvanara, started out towards the east from the Middle Kingdom but did not cross the Sadanira river.Later, this land was gradually opened, Aryanized and called Videha.Videha was a noted Aryan frontier and as such was the site of debate conteste held at the palace of King Janaka of Videha.This fact was reported in the Brhadaranyakopanisad, a work bearing a philosophical orientation similar to the Buddhist standpoint of "of things as they are" (yathabhutananadassana). Buddhism, in its concept of Majjhima janapada, inherited the
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