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Diccionario Enciclopedico Vaishnava Nº 3

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Epic India (79)


This article is about the kingdoms as reflected in Sanskrit literature. See History of India for a historical overview, in particular Mahajanapadas and Middle kingdoms of India for historical kingdoms ca. 700 BC–AD 1200.

Epic India is the depiction of Greater India in the Sanskrit epics, viz. the Mahabharata and the Ramayana as well as Puranic literature (the itihasa).

"Map of ancient Indian kingdoms during epic periods"
"Map of ancient Indian kingdoms during epic periods"

The kingdoms

The boundaries of the kingdoms


Cultural differences in the kingdoms

Main article Bahlika Culture

Main kingdoms of Northern and North-Central India

Kuru Kingdom Panchala Kingdom Vatsa Kingdom

Main kingdoms of North-Central India

Kosala Kingdom Kasi Kingdom Videha Kingdom Dakshina Kosala Kingdom Malla Kingdom

Kingdoms of Western and West-Central India

Surasena Kingdom Dwaraka Kingdom Anarta Kingdom Saurashtra Kingdom Heheya Kingdom
Nishadha Kingdom Gurjara Kingdom Karusha Kingdom Chedi Kingdom Dasarna Kingdom
Kunti Kingdom Avanti Kingdom Malava Kingdom

North-Northwestern (Fishermen's) kingdoms

Matsya Kingdom

Western kingdoms

Trigarta Kingdom Salwa Kingdom Madra Kingdom Sindhu Kingdom Sauvira Kingdom
Sivi Kingdom Kekeya Kingdom Gandhara Kingdom Youdheya Kingdom Pahlava Kingdom

Northwestern kingdoms

Bahlika Kingdom Parama Kamboja Kingdom Uttara Madra Kingdom Uttara Kuru Kingdom
Yavana Kingdom Khasa Kingdom Saka Kingdom

Northern kingdoms

Kasmira Kingdom Kamboja Kingdom Darada Kingdom Parada Kingdom Parasika Kingdom
Tushara Kingdom Huna Kingdom Hara Huna Kingdom Rishika Kingdom China Kingdom
Parama China Kingdom

Eastern kingdoms

Magadha Kingdom Kikata Kingdom Anga Kingdom Pragjyotisha Kingdom Sonita Kingdom
Lauhitya Kingdom Pundra Kingdom Suhma Kingdom Vanga Kingdom Odra Kingdom
Utkala Kingdom

Kingdoms South of the Vindhya Range

Vidarbha Kingdom Anupa Kingdom Surparaka Kingdom Nasikya Kingdom
Konkana Kingdom Asmaka Kingdom Danda Kingdom Kalinga Kingdom

Kingdoms in the extreme South

Telinga Kingdom Andhra Kingdom Kishkindha Kingdom Gomanta Kingdom Karnata Kingdom
Kanchi Kingdom Chola Kingdom Pandya Kingdom Tulu Kingdom Mushika Kingdom
Satyaputra Kingdom Kerala Kingdom Sinhala Kingdom

Saraswati Valley kingdoms

Saraswata Kingdom Abhira Kingdom Sudra Kingdom Nishada Kingdom

Himalayan kingdoms

To know about the mythological aspects of these exotic tribes see Hindu mythology. To know about the historical significance of these tribes see the Exotic tribes of ancient India.

Kimpurusha Kingdom Pisacha Kingdom Naga Kingdom Kinnara Kingdom Yaksha Kingdom
Gandharva Kingdom Kirata Kingdom Himalaya Kingdom Parvata Kingdom Nepa Kingdom

Erkkara Raman Nambudiri (1529)
Etymology_of_Ayyavazhi (1330)
Eucratides I (1243):
Eucratides II (1244)
Euthydemus I (1245):
Euthydemus II (1266)
Exotic tribes of ancient India (80)


These tribes include Gandharvas, Yakshas, Kinnaras, Kimpurushas, Rakshasas, Nagas, Suparnas, Vanaras, Vidyadharas, Valikilyas, Pisachas, Devas (within them Vasus, Rudras, Maruts, Adityas) and Asuras (within them Danavas, Daityas and Kalakeyas.)

The exotic capabilities included

  1. the ability to appear and disappear at will
  2. the ability to fly in air, with or without the use of an airborne vehicle
  3. the knowledge of aircraft (vimana)
  4. the ability to change shape at will
  5. the ability to read the mind of people
  6. the knowledge about other inhabited planets like the Earth
  7. the ability to influence natural forces


Famous Rakshasas

The famous Rakshasa kingdoms in India were

  1. Lanka Kingdom, ruled by Rakshasa emperor Ravana
  2. Danda Kingdom ruled by Khara, Ravana's general
  3. Rakhasa Ghatotkacha's kingdom in the Himalayas
  4. Other kingdoms in the Himalayas

Nagas

Main article:- Naga Kingdom

  1. Naga Ananta was the first among all the Naga kings.
  2. The second Naga chief Vasuki had the kingdom near Kailasa (hence the connection of Vasuki with lord Siva).
  3. The third chief Takshaka, in Takshasila both not far from Anantnag.
  4. The kingdoms of other Nagas like Karkotaka and Airavata (near Iravati River (Ravi, one among the five rivers of Punjab) were also not far away.








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