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Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972), Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty, Calcutta: University of Calcutta. Singh, Upinder (2008), A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century , Delhi: Pearson Education, ISBN 978-81-317-1677-9 .
Shurasena or Shursen/Shursaini (Sanskrit: शूरसेन, IAST: Śūrasena) is a Yadava ruler of Mathura featured in Hindu mythology. He was married to a nāga (or serpent) woman named Marisha. She bore all of his children and was the cause for Vasuki 's boon to Bhima. [ 2 ]
Shurasena was one of such states mentioned in the Anguttara Nikaya, a Buddhist text. The capital of the Shurasenas was Mathura, which was also known as Madura. [ 51 ] Megasthenes (c. 350 – 290 BCE) mentions that the Sourasenoi (Shurasenas), who lived in the Mathura region, worshipped Herakles , by which he may have meant Vasudeva Krishna ...
Vasudeva Takes the Infant Krishna Across the Yamuna River. Master at the Court of Mankot, c. 1700. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. Vasudeva (/ ˌ v ɑː s u ˈ d eɪ v ə /; Sanskrit: वसुदेव [ʋɐsudéːʋɐ]), also called Anakadundubhi (anakas and dundubhis both refer to drums, after the musicians who played these instruments at the time of his birth), [1] [2] is ...
Kunti was a daughter of King Shurasena but was later given to Kuntibhoja since he was devoid of children. [52] Kuntibhoja raised her as his own daughter and loved her. [53] She was very beautiful and intelligent and later married Pandu. [54] When Kunti was a young girl, the sage Durvasa visited Kuntibhoja one day and sought his hospitality.
Kunti was the biological daughter of Shurasena, a Yadava ruler. [1] Her birth name was Pritha. She is said to be the reincarnation of the goddess Siddhi. She was the sister of Vasudeva, Krishna's father. She shared a close relationship with Krishna. Her father gave Kunti to his childless cousin Kuntibhoja. [2] Kunti invokes Surya out of curiosity.
Though Krishna's date of birth is heavily disputed, many scholars believe that Krishna was probably born around 3rd millennium BCE, or even earlier. [5] [6] [7] Born in Mathura, [8] in the prison of his maternal uncle Kamsa, Krishna was taken to Nanda, by his father in Vraja, through river Yamuna, on the night of his birth. [9]
Someshvara is the last known king of North Konkan. In his time the power of the Yadavas of Devagiri was increasing. The Yadava king Krishna (1247 CE - 1261 CE) sent an army under his general Malla to invade North Konkan. Though Malla claims to have defeated the Shilahara king, the campaign did not result in any territorial gain for the Yadavas.