Matsya Kingdom
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This article is about the legendary kingdom of Epic Hindu literature. For the historical Iron Age kingdom, see
Matsya (tribe)
. For the avatar of the Hindu god Viṣṇu, see
Matsya
. For other uses, see
Matsya (disambiguation)
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Matsya ( Sanskrit : मत्स्य ) was a Vedic kingdom and later became a part of sixteen Mahajanapadas , which also appears in Hindu Epic literature . The capital of Matsya was at Viratanagari (present-day Bairat , in Rajasthan ) which is said to have been named after its founder king, Virata . [1]
Mention in Mahabharata
Matsya kingdom was founded by king Matsya who was the twin brother of Satyavati and who was contemporary to Bhishma . [2]
The Mahabharata (V.74.16) refers to a King Sahaja, who ruled over both the Chedis and the Matsyas, which implies that Matsya once formed a part of the Chedi Kingdom .
References
- ↑ Ratnawat, Shyam Singh; Sharma, Krishna Gopal. (1999). History and culture of Rajasthan: from earliest times upto 1956 A.D . Centre for Rajasthan Studies, University of Rajasthan . p. 7. OCLC 606486051 .
- ↑ Bender, Ernest; Jain, Kailash Chand (1978). "Lord Mahāvīra and His Times". Journal of the American Oriental Society . 98 (3): 209. doi : 10.2307/598811 . ISSN 0003-0279 . JSTOR 598811 .
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