Uttarakuru

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Uttarakuru (Sanskrit: उत्तर कुरु; Uttarakuru) is the name of a dvipa ('continent') in ancient Hindu and Buddhist mythology as well as Jain cosmology. The Uttarakuru country or Uttara Kuru Kingdom and its people are sometimes described as belonging to the real world, whereas at other times they are mythical or otherworldly spiritual beings. The name Uttara Kuru means "North Kuru". The Kurus were a tribe during the Vedic civilization of India. The Uttara Kuru were therefore a population to the north of the Kurus, but somehow some Western historians have tried to equal kuru with Himalayas and say this as north of the Himalayas.

The Greek Ottarakorai and the Roman Attacori myths are probably related to Uttara Kuru.

Some modern historians identify this kingdom's territory as a frontier north of Gandhara basis that kuru could mean Himalaya, even though there's zero proof and that it especially encompassed modern-day Iran, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and parts of southern Russia.^{[citation needed]}

At some point during the reign of Pururavas-Aila (the first king mentioned in the line of lunar dynasty of Indian kings) Uttara Kuru and the Kurus of India belonged to the same Kuru Empire. Arjuna collected tribute from Uttara Kuru during his northern military campaign for Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice. The epics also mention that they followed a republican constitution with no monarchy.