<Tr> <Th> Borders on </Th> <Td> Satpura Range </Td> </Tr> <P> The Vindhya Range (pronounced (ʋɪnd̪ɦyə)) is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west - central India . </P> <P> Technically, the Vindhyas do not form a single mountain range in the geological sense . The exact extent of the Vindhyas is loosely defined, and historically, the term covered a number of distinct hill systems in central India, including the one that is now known as the Satpura Range . Today, the term principally refers to the escarpment that runs north of and roughly parallel to the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, and its hilly extensions . Depending on the definition, the range extends up to Gujarat in the west, and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the east . </P> <P> The Vindhyas have a great significance in Indian mythology and history . Several ancient texts mention the Vindhyas as the southern boundary of the Āryāvarta, the territory of the ancient Indo - Aryan peoples . Although today Indo - Aryan languages are spoken to south of the Vindhyas, the range continues to be considered as the traditional boundary between the northern and the southern nations . The former Vindhya Pradesh was named after the Vindhya Range . </P>

River in the south which rises in the highlands of chattisgarh