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[12] [13] Its longest version consists of over 100,000 śloka or over 200,000 individual verse lines (each shloka is a couplet), and long prose passages. At about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, or about four times the length of the Rāmāyaṇa .
It illustrates the return visit to the Maharaja, during the viceroy's progress through upper India. The Maharaja had come to meet him a day earlier. Maharaja Ranbir Singh's tent was decorated with cashmere shawls, including silk and gold materials that were placed beneath the chair reserved for the viceroy.
The leader of the rebellion, Sardar Ibrahim Khan, escaped to Lahore by the end of August 1947 and persuaded the Pakistani authorities to back the rebellion. In addition to the backing, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan authorised an invasion of the state, by the ex- Indian National Army personnel in the south and a force led by Major Khurshid ...
Up to some extent a counterpart to the Mahabharata ' s "Book of the Beginning.". In this section, Ved Vyas ("V.V."), the narrator, recounts his personal history; the seduction of Satyavati by the Brahmin Parashar and his own birth; the origin of Dev Datta from the union of Shantanu and the now absent Maharanee (whom he met on the banks of the Ganga (Ganges) and who had had seven suspicious ...
According to the Mahabharata, Dushyanta is the son of Ilin and Rathantī, also rendered Ilina and Rathantara, respectively. [2] According to primogeniture, Dushyanta succeeds his father as the king of Hastinapura, because he is the eldest among his siblings Sura, Bhima, Pravashu, and Vasu.
The raid and plunder of Vijayanagara towns and villages by the Deccan sultans came to an end during the Raya's rule. In 1509, Krishnadevaraya's armies clashed with them and Sultan Mahmud was severely injured and defeated. [16] Yusuf Adil Shah was killed and the Raichur Doab was annexed.
Digvijaysinhji, a Jadeja Rajput, was born at Sadodar, Gujarat on 18 September 1895 during the British Raj, nephew of the famed cricketer K.S. Ranjitsinhji.He was educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, in Saurashtra, India then at Malvern College and University College London.
12 Maharaja Ajit Singh: 19 February 1679 24 June 1724 13 Raja Indra Singh: 9 June 1679 4 August 1679 14 Maharaja Abhai Singh: 24 June 1724 18 June 1749 15 Maharaja Ram Singh: First reign 18 June 1749 July 1751 16 Maharaja Bakht Singh: July 1751 21 September 1752 17 Maharaja Vijay Singh: 21 September 1752 31 January 1753 18 Maharaja Ram Singh ...