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The frontiers depicted on the Indian maps in Wikipedia are from a neutral point of view and may differ from official government maps of India, Pakistan and China. Please consult local laws governing publication of maps before usage. Geotemporal data: Date depicted: second half of 20 th century and 21 st century: Spatial reference system: conic ...
The Vidarbha kingdom in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata is among the many kingdoms ruled by Yadu kings (Bhoja Yadavas). It was situated in the region still known as Vidarbha in what is now Maharashtra in central India. Damayanti, the wife of Nala was the princess of Vidarbha. Similarly Rukmini, the eldest wife of Vasudeva Krishna was from
The Vidarbha kingdom (Mauryan era) was a kingdom which controlled the Vidarbha region of present-day Maharashtra. It was formed when a former Mauryan sachiva (secretary) [ 1 ] put his brother-in-law Yajnasena on the throne, and declared independence.
Vidarbha has a total population of 23,003,179 according to the 2011 India census. [21] The region occupies 31.6% of the total area and is home to 21.3% of the total population of Maharashtra. [ 22 ] According to the 2011 census, Hinduism was the principal religion in the state at 76.91% of the total population, while Buddhists constituted 13.08 ...
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India .
Map 4: The approximate extent of the Vedic period Āryāvarta is highlighted in pale yellow Map 5: This detailed map shows the locations of kingdoms and republics mentioned in the Indian epics or Bharata Khanda. Proto-Indo-Iranians (common ancestors of the Iranian, Nuristani and Indo-Aryan peoples) (Proto-Indo-Iranian speakers)
Vidarbha (Sanskrit: Vidarbha) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of south-central South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The population of Vidarbha were known as the Vaidarbhas . [ 1 ]
The claim was contested by the Maratha Bhonsla rajas of Nagpur, and for more than half a century the country was devastated by wars between the two. This condition of things was ended by Wellesley's victories at Assaye and Argaon (1803), which forced the Bhonsla raja to cede his territories south of Gawilgarh and Narnala Fort and east of the ...