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![[Proposed Flag of Bharatvarsh Arya Ganrajya]](../images/i/in!bvag.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 February 2009 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