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Chedi among the kingdoms of Epic Indian literature. According to the Mahabharata, the Chedi kingdom was ruled by Shishupala, an ally of Jarasandha of Magadha and Duryodhana of Kuru. He was a rival of Vasudeva Krishna who was his uncle's son. He was killed by Vasudeva Krishna during the Rajasuya sacrifice of the Pandava king Yudhishthira.
Shuktimati (Sanskrit: शुक्तिमती, romanized: Śuktimatī) is the capital city of the Chedi kingdom featured in Hindu literature. [1] It lies on the banks of the eponymous river Shuktimati, which flows through the region. It is referred to as Sotthivati-nagara in the Pali-language Buddhist texts. [2]
The Cedī tribe was mentioned in the Ṛgveda, where their king Caidya is praised in a Dānastuti ("praise of gift") at the end of a hymn. [1] According to the Rigveda, Sisupala, who was an ally of Jarasandh of Magadh and Duryodhan of Kuru, ruled the Chedi kingdom.
In 1318, Andrea I Muzaka became the first ever Orthodox Albanian to be the head general of the kingdom's army, and the Muzakas played a role in King Charles' battles against the Serbs. In other conflicts, the Muzakas sided again with Byzantium, with Andrea II Muzaka being honored for his service to the Byzantine cause in 1335 after defeating a ...
Shishupala (Sanskrit: शिशुपाल, lit. 'protector of children', IAST: Śiśupāla; sometimes spelt Sisupala) was the king of the Chedi kingdom, and an antagonist in the Mahabharata.
Chedi may refer to: Chedi (Thai: เจดีย์), an alternative term for a Buddhist stupa, mainly used in Thailand Cetiya, a sacred place or object in Buddhism, from which the above is derived; Chaitya, a shrine in Indic religions, cognate with the above; Chedi Kingdom, an early kingdom in central India Cedī (tribe), an ancient Indian tribe
He was shot in the back in 1918 at the age of 65 by Austro-Hungarian forces in Qafa e Markofqes, in the mountain of Gjarpri in today's Kukës County. [11] [12] [13] He was a close friend and related to Isa Boletini. He is a venerated figure in Albania and Kosovo. [14] He also helped Bajram Curri open up a school in Krasniqe. [15]
The administrative divisions of Albania comprise 12 counties, 61 municipalities, 373 administrative units, and 2,972 villages.Since its 1912 Declaration of Independence, Albania has reorganized its domestic administrative divisions 21 times.