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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.
According to Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharvela “A branch of Chedis founded as a royal dynasty in the kingdom Kalinga.” [citation needed] By the 6th to 5th centuries BCE, Cedī had become one of the more important states in Iron Age India, due to which the Buddhist text, the Aṅguttara Nikāya , listed it as one of the solasa ...
Shuktimati is described to have been built by a Chedi king of the Chandravamsha (Lunar dynasty) known as Uparichara Vasu. The Mahabharata states that the river Shuktimati gives birth to twins (a boy and a girl) after being forced to make love with a mountain called Kolahala. After being freed by the king with a kick, the river gives the twins ...
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
The Dasarna kingdom was one of the many kingdoms ruled by Yadava kings in ancient central and western India. It lay to the south of the Chedi and Panchala kingdoms, in northern Madhya Pradesh. The Panchala prince Sikhandi married a princess from Dasarna. Sikhandi was alleged to be 'one of the neuter-gender'.
The kingdom originated as the eastern province of the Kalachuri or Chedi kingdom, which was centered in the upper Narmada River valley. According to inscriptions, the Tripuri Kalachuri king Kokalla I had 18 sons, the eldest of whom succeeded him on the throne of Tripuri. The younger ones became rulers of mandalas (feudatory governors).
Brihadratha was the eldest of the five sons of Vasu, (also known as Uparichara Vasu) the Kuru king of Chedi [1] and his queen Girika. His father was the ruler of Chedi and Brihadratha established Magadha at the border of Chedi Kingdom. He is mentioned in the epic Mahabharata and the Puranas.