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Balarama and Krishna being received at the court of the King Ugrasena at Mathura. Ugrasena (Sanskrit: उग्रसेन) is a character mentioned in the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. He is the King of Mathura, a kingdom that was established by the Vrishni tribes from the Yadavamsha clan. His son Kamsa was a cousin of Krishna's mother, Devaki.
Kamsa (Sanskrit: कंस, IAST: Kaṃsa) was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom, with its capital at Mathura.He is variously described in Hindu literature as either a human or an asura; The Puranas describe him as an asura, [2] [3] while the Harivamśa describes him as an asura reborn in the body of a man. [4]
Ashokavadana, also known as Ashokarajavadana, is one of the avadana texts contained in the Divyavadana (Divyāvadāna, "Divine Narrative"), an anthology of several Buddhist narratives. According to Jean Przyluski, the text was composed by the Buddhist monks of the Mathura region, as it highly praises the city of Mathura, its monasteries, and ...
Mathura (Hindi pronunciation: [mɐ.t̪ʰʊ.ɾäː], ⓘ) is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It is located 57.6 kilometres (35.8 mi) north of Agra, and 146 kilometres (91 mi) south-east of Delhi; about 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) from the town of Vrindavan, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Govardhan.
However, the city of Mathura further west never seems to have been under the direct control of the Shungas, as no archaeological evidence of a Shunga presence has ever been found in Mathura. [25] On the contrary, according to the Yavanarajya inscription , Mathura was probably under the control of Indo-Greeks from some time between 180 BCE and ...
A relatively large number of similar statues are known from Mathura. The Kimbell Bodhisattva in one of only five known dated "Kapardin" statues of the Buddha. [18] [19] The style of these statues is somewhat reminiscent of the earlier monumental Yaksha statues, usually dated to one or two centuries earlier. [20]
The inscription was found on a red sandstone temple doorjamb dumped in an old well in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. [4] [5] The doorjamb is about 8 feet (2.4 m) long, 1.24 feet (0.38 m) wide and 8 inches (200 mm) thick. It is intricately carved on one side while the other side is flat.
The Buddha statue of Vasudeva I is a fragment of a statue of the Buddha, belonging to the art of Mathura, and bearing an inscription in the name of the Kushan Empire emperor Vasudeva I (191–232 CE).