In ancient India, geographical and political bbundaries were expanded. Today Afghanistan in the North-west of India was the part of India. In whole central Asia the lifestyle and culture was spread. In the east of India, its geographical boundaries were spread up to Burma (Myanmar) at present in South east of India from Bay of Bengal, Malaya, Java, Borneo, Burma, Sumatra, Bali, Champa, China, Indonesia, Siam, Cambodia, Surinam, Island and Sri Lanka were parts of India. People living in these islands led the life like Indians.
During ancient to 10th century BC, the condition in reality was that from land of south middle Asia to Burma in the east, islands of East Asia and in North from Tibet to Sri Lanka in the south, Indian culture has seen in every phase of life. Then India had spread over a large area. In Sanskrit, big is called Vrihattar’ hence historians called this part Vrihattar Bharat or Greater India. In short, under the term Vrihattar Bharat or Greater India those countries are included with Indian land where India had its poltical, cultural and geographical impact.
