VINDHYA  , a range of mountains in Central

India . It forms a well-marked, though not quite continuous, chain across India, separating the Ganges basin from the Deccan . Starting on the west in Gujarat, the Vindhyas cross Malwa and the central portions of India, until their easternmost spurs abut on the valley of the Ganges at Rajmahal . They thus roughly form the northern side of the triangle, of which the other two sides are the Eastern and Western Ghats . They have an elevation of '1500 to 4500 ft., nowhere exceeding 5000 ft . Geologically they give their name to the " Vindhyan formation," one of the recognized rock systems of India . In legendary tradition they formed the demarcating line between the Madyadesha or middle land of the Sanskrit invaders and the non-Aryan Deccan, and they are still largely inhabited by aboriginal races such as the Bhils .