Himalaya Kingdom
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The Himalaya kingdom was a mountainous country in the Himalayas, mentioned in the Puranas. In the puranas, Himavat was its ruler and his daughter Parvati was a princess from this kingdom. The Indian epic Mahabharata doesn't mention a kingdom named Himalaya, but mentions many kingdoms in the Himalaya mountains like the Kuninda, Parvata, Nepa, Kirata, Kimpurusha, and Kinnara.
vedic era India in 540 BCE.[citation needed
]References in Mahabharata
It was told that
Pandavas
were mentioned as mining gold from the gold mines of Himalayas at (14:63,64).
See also
- Kingdoms of Ancient India
- Nepa Kingdom
- Parvata Kingdom
- Kirata Kingdom
References
- Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
External links
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