Jambudvipa

Jambūdvīpa (जम्बूद्वीप) is the name of one of the seven divisions or continents (concentric or not) of the world - often the central, inhabited, centered arount Mount Meru one -, that can be confined to India or be divided in nine parts, one of which being Bharatavarsa [India].

To refer to King Ashoka the Great's dominion - "Empire" -, the Inscriptions of Ashoka use "a word meaning ‘here’, indicating the royal household or the capital city or the entire dominions of Asoka. In some cases, the empire is mentioned, in accordance with an ancient Indian convention, as either the Earth or Jambudvipa meaning the earth or its part containing Bharatavarsha." (D.C. Sircar)