Historical Geography of Ancient India c10.282

c10.282

*Pāripātra Mountain.*—It is, according to Baudhāyana’s *Dharma-sūtra* (1, 1, 25), the southern limit of Āryāvarta. According to the *Skanda Purāṇa*, it is the farthest limit of Kumārikhaṇḍa, the centre of Bhāratavarṣa. The mountain seems to have lent its name to the country with which it was associated. Pargiter identifies the Pāripātra mountain with that portion of the modern Vindhya range, which is situated west of Bhupal together with the Aravalli mountains (Law, *Mountains of India*, pp. 17-18; Law, *Geographical Essays*, 115ff.).