Most of the Buddha’s life and ministry took place in the Middle Country. Its land extended to the Likara Forest in the east; the city of Śarāvatī and the Śarāvatī River in the south; the brahmin towns of Sthūṇa and Upasthūṇa in the west; and Uśīragiri in the north.

The central region of ancient India. Although the precise boundaries of the region are variously defined, a common description (found, for instance, in the Baudhāyana­sūtra), describes the region as bordered by the Himālayas to the north, the Vindhya mountains to the south, Vinaśana to the west, and Prayāga to the east.

The “central region,” which seems to refer to all the regions and countries between the Vindhya and Himālaya mountains.

The central part of the continent of Jambu.