The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s3.t1.7

c13.s3.t1.7

India is known as *Bhārataḥ Khaṇḍaḥ* (72). The different regions of India are mentioned along with their areas in *yojanas*. The *Yavanaviṣayāḥ* (Yavana countries) are mountainous and are located in *Mlechchhadeśa* (117). Brihaspati enumerates the *puṇyakṣetras* (sacred places or points of pilgrimage) also, namely, the eight *Vaiṣṇava*, the eight *Śaiva*, and the eight *Śākta*. The mountains as seats of the gods are specially enumerated. The four Pauranic ages are described with reference to the qualities of the races living in each. The fourth age is not called *Kali* but *Tisya* (140). And men of this age are described as "proficient in *Daṇḍa nīti*" (146). Bhārata is known as *Karmabhūmi* or land of action (134).