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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
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 ...
The largest and most prosperous kingdom of the Bhoja tribe was the Vidarbha Kingdom. In the Ramayana epic, the Bhoja princess of Vidarbha was married to Prince Aja of the Kosala Kingdom in a Swayamvara ceremony. [4] Aja was the son of the powerful Ikshavku king Raghu, and the father of King Dasharatha, in turn father of Lord Rama.
Rank Name District Type Population 1 Nagpur: Nagpur: City 30,47,000 2 Amravati: Amravati: City 647,057 3 Akola: Akola: City 425,817 4 Chandrapur: Chandrapur
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.
Kundinapuri was the capital of Vidarbha kingdom, [1] ruled by king Bhima. It was also ruled by king Bhishmaka and his son Rukmi, a Bhoja-Yadava. However, king Rukmi created another capital for Vidarbha called Bhojakata. Two famous ladies mentioned in the Mahabharata epic, Damayanti and Rukmini, lived here. They were both well known Vidarbha ...
There are currently 253 cities and 673 villages in Ohio, for a total of 926 municipalities. Municipality names are not unique: there is a village of Centerville in Gallia County and a city of Centerville in Montgomery County ; there is also a city of Oakwood in Montgomery County as well as the villages of Oakwood in Cuyahoga County and Oakwood ...
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 ]