Tribes in Ancient India c76.7

c76.7

Pāripātra in particular is always associated with the Vindhyas. Vindhya, as is well known, is the general name of the chain of hills that stretches across Central India, dividing India into its well-defined and natural north and south divisions; but it is evident from the Puranic list and the situations of the hills mentioned in it that in the Purāṇas the name Vindhya is generally restricted to the eastern division of the long range of hills. According to the Vāyu-purāṇa, however, it is the part south of the river Narmadā, or the Sātpurā range of hills. Pāripātra constitutes the northern and western portion of the Vindhyas, and may be said to include the range of hills now known as the Aravalli.