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One of the greatest Chakravartis mentioned in Jain scriptures is Bharata in whose memory India came to be known as "Bharata-varsha". After conquering the whole world, King Bharata, brimming with pride, sought to inscribe his great feat on the slopes of Mount Meru. To his great dismay, he found the names of many other kings carved on Meru.
India was named "Bhāratavarsha" or "Bhārata" or "Bharata-bhumi" after him. [24] [7] In the Hindu text, Skanda Purana (chapter 37) it is stated that "Rishabhanatha was the son of Nabhiraja, and Rishabha had a son named Bharata, and after the name of this Bharata, this country is known as Bharata-varsha."
Jain puranas give a list of twelve chakravartins (universal monarchs). They are golden in complexion. [26] One of the chakravartins mentioned in Jain scriptures is Bharata Chakravartin. Jain texts like Harivamsa Purana and Hindu Texts like Vishnu Purana state that Indian subcontinent came to be known as Bharata varsha in his memory. [27] [28]
Bharat Ek Khoj (lit. ' India: An Exploration ') is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru [3] that covers a 5,000-year history of the Indian subcontinent from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947.
Bharatavarsha (India) arose from Bharata, and Sumati arose from Bharata. —Vishnu Purana (2,1,31) In the Skanda Purana (chapter 37) it is stated that "Rishabha was the son of Nabhiraja , and Rishabha had a son named Bharata, and after the name of this Bharata, this country is known as Bharata-varsha."
Bharata propitiated the devas for a son, and they gave him a boy, whom he named Vitatha, also called Bharadvaja. According to another account, Bharadvaja blessed Bharata with a son named Bhumanyu. [10] Bharata ruled for twenty-seven thousand years, and therefore, the kingdom that he inherited and expanded came to be known as Bhārata, named ...
According to Jain text Ādi purāṇa, Nabhirāja lived for 1 crore purva and his height was 525 dhanusha (long bows). According to Jain literature , India was known as Nābhivarṣa (land of Nabhi) before being renamed as Bhāratavarṣa after Bharata , the son of Rishabhanatha.
Sanjaya tells every incident of the Kurukshetra war. Sanjaya also gives various descriptions of: Earth, the other planets, and focuses on the Indian subcontinent and gives an elaborate list of hundreds of kingdoms, tribes, provinces, cities, towns, villages, rivers, mountains, and forests of the (ancient) Indian Subcontinent (Bharata Varsha).