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In the 6th and 7th centuries BC, the Aryans spread far from Punjab towards East and South. The Aryan expansion of this period is to be found in the Aitareya Brahmana. The cradle of Aryan Civilisation extends from the land of the Uttara Kurus and Uttara Madras beyond the Himalayas or Kashmir to that of the Prachyas of Magadha in the East. In the South, a stream of the Aryan adventures crossed the Vindhyas and went as far as the Narmada valley. The Ganga-Yamuna plains became the pivot of Aryan Civilisation. The kingdoms of Agra, Kosala, Videha and Magadha were the prominent Aryan kingdoms.