Map of India During Mahabharat Period
Map of India During Mahabharat Period
Map of India During Mahabharat Period
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Takshashila was an ancient city of Mahabharata time and capital of Gandhar Desh. Dhritrashtra’s wife Gandhari was the daughter of King Subal
of Gandhar. After the war of Mahabharata when the Pandavas left for Himalayas, Parikshit was crowned the King. He died due to a snake bite.
Then to take revenge of his death, Parikshit’s son Janmejay performed a “Nagyagya” in Takshashila and had killed many snakes.
4) Madra Desh: (Other side of the Himalayas in the North, Jammu- Kashmir)
There was an ancient state on the other side of the Himalayas in the North which was called as Madra Desh in Vedic times. According to Aitrai
Brahmin, since this was located in the North of the other side of the Himalayas it is also called Uttarkuru. During the time of Mahabharata,
Shalya was the King of Madra Desh. His sister Madri was married to Pandu. Sahadev and Nakul were Madri’s sons. For the Rajsurya Yagya
organized by Yudhishthir, residents of Madra had come with gifts for Yudhishthir.
6) Badrinath: (Uttarakhand)
The author of Mahabharata, Maharshi Ved Vyasji’s ashram was in Badrinath. During the exile of the Pandavas, a demon named Jarasur had
taken away the weapons of the Pandavas who had stayed there. Jarasur also wanted to kidnap Draupadi. He went in the disguise of a
Brahmin. By chance Bhima came there and with a blow of his mace killed Jarasur.
Badrinath is a famous place of pilgrimage and is one the Char Dhams (the four abodes/seats namely- Gangotri, Yamnotri, Badrinath and
Kedarnath). It is located between the two mountains named Nar and Narayan. In between, the River Alakananda flows. In ancient times there
was a dense forest of berries over here. Badri refers to a berry that was said to grow abundantly in the area, and nath refers to Vishnu.That is
why it was named Badrinath. In the temple over here, there is a black statue of Lord Vishnu seated in Padmasan. During the period of
Mahabharata, the Badrikashram over here had been a spiritual centre for the Rishis and Sages.
8) Karnaprayaag: (Uttarakhand)
This is the city of Mahabharata period situated at the confluence of the Rivers Pinder and Alakananda. According to the Skand Purana, Kunti’s
son Karna had performed a Yagya (holy sacrifice) in this city. It was here that Lord Surya had given Karna impenetrable armour, an
imperishable quiver (which is used for keeping arrows) and a boon to be invincible. Karna Prayag was famous as a holy city.
King of this state. He had made sixteen thousand girls his captive. He fought a battle with Lord Krishna. Shri Krishna killed Narkasur and took
all the sixteen thousand girls to Dwarka and married them. Later, Bhagdutt, the ruler of Pragjyotishpur fought the war of Mahabharata from
the side of the Kauravas and was killed by Arjun. Here, near the Neelkanth Mountain is the famous temple of Kamakhya Devi built by
Narkasur.
Yaduvanshis fought amongst themselves and died. It was in Prabhas that Lord Krishna was injured with the arrow of a hunter and left for his
heavenly abode (Golok). After Krishna’s departure the whole area along with Dwarka sunk in the sea. Modern marine –archeologists have
found remains of this old city from under the sea.
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