Prashan Bhai,
Log in for Avesta English version, please:
http://www.avesta.org/vendidad/vd1sbe.htm
In addition to having created 10th Land Haravaiti, he is credited with creating 15th land as :
|
| 18. The fifteenth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the Seven Rivers[SUP]42[/SUP].Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created abnormal issues in women, and excessive heat. |
<tbody>
[TD="class: NOTE, bgcolor: #EEEEEE"][/TD]
[TD="class: NOTE, bgcolor: #EEEEEE"]42. Hapta hindava, the basin of the affluents of the Indus, the modern Panjab (= the Five Rivers), formerly called Hind, by contradistinction to Sindh, the basin of the lower river. [Hum34: "the PhlT of V1.18 quotes the fragment
haca ushastara hinduua auui daosha<s>tarem hindum</s>
<s> 'from the eastern river to the western river'.]</s>[/TD]
</tbody>
Kindly read the note and make your own note the words 'Hapta hindava', the basin of the affluent of the Indus.... If this is a valid explanation then proceed to read the
10th holy land Haravaiti/Saraswati posted earlier also and 11th was Helmand as given below:
| The tenth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the beautiful Harahvaiti[SUP]29[/SUP].Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created a sin for which there is no atonement, the burying of the dead[SUP]30[/SUP]. |
13. The eleventh of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the bright, glorious Haetumant[SUP]31[/SUP].
Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created the evil work of witchcraft. |
<tbody>
[TD="class: NOTE, bgcolor: #EEEEEE"]29. Harauvati;
`Aracwsia
; corrupted into Ar-rokhag (name of the country in the Arabic literature) and Arghand (in the modern name of the river Arghand-âb).30. See
Vd3.36 ff
.[/TD]
[TD="class: NOTE, bgcolor: #EEEEEE"]31. The basin of the
EtumandroV
or Erymanthus, now Hermend, Helmend, that is to say, the region of Saistân.[/TD]
</tbody>
What I suggest is objective study is required for understanding the meaning equally applicable to all three lands as per the situation explained here.
Perhaps, a proper reading of the description it can safely be suggested from this explanatory note that the land/region may safely be identified the basins of the Sarasvati in Iran, Helmand in Sistan and Indus in India.
Thanks.
PS: Perhaps none except a few, who are in a habit of raising a bogey against use of quotes as evidence to support the hypotheses/theses, would object to posting relevant quotes/ information from the sources used by us duly acknowledged.
..