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The term Bharatvarsh Arya Ganrajya might be roughly translated as �True
Republic of India�. Bharatvarsh, probably derived from Sanskrit �bhaarata varSHa�
is described in the Vishnu Purana by the following verse:
"uttaram
yatsamudrasya himaadreshcaiva dakSHiNam;
varSHam tad bhaaratam naama bhaarati
yatra samtatihi."
(In Devanagari:
"उत्तरं
यत्समुद्रस्य
हिमद्रेश्चैव
दक्षिणम।वर्षं तद् भारतं
नाम भारती
यत्र
संततिः।।")
My
translation:
�North of the sea (i.e. the Indian Ocean) and exactly south of
the snowy mountain (i.e. the Himalayas) [lies the] country named Bhaarata,
where [live] Bhaarati (personification of India, later identified with
Saraswati, the goddess of speech) [and her] descendants.
(explanations
between ( ), necessary additions to text between [ ], retroflex sounds given
in capitals)�
�Bhaarata� is name of a mythical emperor, whose descendants
were the family branches of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose history and
the 18-days battle at KurukSHetra (lit: field of the Kauravas) is described
in the Indian national epic �Mahabhaarata�. The term �varSHa� in the
beginning was the name of one of the 10 cardinal points in Hindu mythology,
the meaning moved later to �region�, while �ganrajya� or �gaNaraajya�
literally means �rule of the tribe� which turned into �republic� in modern
India.
Arun Misra describes Bharatvarsh on:
http://www.atlantadunia.com/dunia/Upendra/WS17.htm as follows:
�The
ancient India, known as Bharatvars or Aryavart, was already a vast Cultural
Union and a contiguous Nation, extending from Afghanistan through Myanmar,
including Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal.�
I think however, the idea
of Bharatvarsh was launched by the group �Arya Shakti Dal�. This group claims
a greater India, consisting of nowadays Bharat and Pakistan plus Nepal,
Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, but not including Afghanistan and
Myanmar. They claim to abolish �anti-Hindu� articles of Indian
constitution, re-erection of certain Hindu temples, a revival of Sanskrit
language and a Hindu, non secular, republic of India. More details can
be found on: arya-shakti-dal.blogspot.com
Description of proposal of
flag:
It is nearly the same like the current Indian national flag, but the
green stripe, symbolizing the Muslim community, is replaced by a saffron
stripe.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 February 2009