1/29/2024 0 Comments Madri mahabharat![]() ![]() Their soldiers used to aid both the parties engaged in a battle on a payment basis. Their horses and even horsemen were used in the wars between kings of Aryavarta (North Indian kingdoms where Vedic culture of the norm, prevailed). ![]() They also reared sheep and drank sheep milk. The Kuru king Shantanu, a forefather of Kauravas and Pandavas, had a brother who ruled the Bahlika Kingdom.īahlika or western countries were cold countries and people used blankets. The name Bahlika is also used to denote a kingdom different from Madra, Sindhu, Kekeya, Gandhāra & Kamboja. In the epic, the Madra culture is described to be different from the Vedic culture, prevailed in kingdoms of the Gangetic plain like the Kurus and Panchalas.īahlika people were considered as "outsiders" of the Vedic culture, as being a foreign tribe of Bharatvarsha. Anu was the son of Yayati.Īccording to Bhagavata Purana, The kingdom of Madra was founded by Madra who was the son of Anu King Shibi in Treta Yuga. Other than the Madra kingdom (Eastern Madra or Purva Madra) with Sagala as its capital, it is believed that there was a Western Madra (Apara Madra) and a Northern Madra ( Uttara Madra).Īccording to the Vayu Purana, the Madra Kingdom was founded by King Ushinara Shibi of the Anu race. He was killed by Yudhishthira, the eldest Pandava. Though affectionate to the Pandavas, he was tricked to give support to Duryodhana and fought against the Pandavas during the Kurukshetra War. Madri's brother Shalya was the king of Madra. The Pandava twins, Nakula and Sahadeva, were her sons. The Kuru king Pandu's ( Pāṇḍu) second wife was from Madra kingdom and was called Madri ( Sanskrit: माद्री IAST: Mādrī IPA/Sanskrit: ). Its capital was Sagala in Madra region, modern Sialkot in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Madra Kingdom ( IAST: Mādra ) was a kingdom grouped among the western kingdoms in the epic Mahabharata. Class=notpageimage| South Asia circa 500 BCE, with location of the Madra Kingdom. ![]()
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