Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s3.2

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*Bhadrāśva* literally means the Auspicious Horse, i. e. the White Winged Dragon, held sacred in Chinese art and religion, and therefore it had become the ancient Sanskrit name of China. *Bhārata* to the south was also known as *Haimavata-Varsha*. *Ketumāla* to the west was the area from the Pamirs to the Caspian or even further up to Western Asia. This was the land of the Oxus (*Vakshu* or *Chakshu*), the Scythians and Iranians and of Ahuramazda; the name *Ketumāla*, Wreath of Banners, probably refers to the Farr or Divine Glory called *Dhavajavatī Kanyā* or the Winged Maiden of the Sun-god stationed in the sky.¹ Uttarakuru was the land north of Pamir extending up to Siberia, in the eastern part of which was *Chandradvīpa*, the original home-land of the *Śakas*.