Dravida is mentioned as one of the kingdoms in the southern part of present-day mainland India during the time of the Mahabharata. Dravida is listed among...
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil pronunciation: [t̪iɾaːʋiɖɐ munːeːtrɐk kɐɻɐɡɐm]; transl. Dravidian Progressive Federation; abbr. DMK) is an Indian...
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of the current kalpa (aeon). Shraddhadeva Manu was the king of the Dravida kingdom before the Pralaya, the great flood. Forewarned about the flood by...
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Satyavrata and Shraddhadeva. Shraddhadeva is stated to be the king of the Dravida kingdom during the epoch of the Matsya Purana. According to the Matsya Purana...
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references of Kanchipuram have been in the Sanskrit texts of Patanjali. The Dravida kingdom of the Mahabharatha must have been centred on the Kanchipuram region...
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Solar dynasty (category Kingdoms in the Mahabharata)
have been founded by Ikshvaku. In Hindu literature, it ruled the Kosala Kingdom with their capital at Ayodhya and later at Shravasti. They prayed to their...
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era have been discovered near Mamallapuram. The area was part of the Dravida kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata. It then came under the rule of Early...
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lived between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. The city was part of the Dravida kingdom of the Mahabharata and was described as "the best among cities" (Sanskrit:...
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Kauravas. Karna Parava refers to the Kekayas, the Malavas, the Madrakas, the Dravidas of fierce prowess, the Yaudheyas, the Lalittyas, the Kshudrakas, the Usinaras...
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Aprantas, Dakshinatyas, Dravidas, Pulindas and Simhalas, would be proceeded against and annihilated by Kalki in Kali Yuga. Kingdoms of Ancient India Alexander's...
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Gynacantha dravida, also known as Indian duskhawker[unreliable source?] or brown darner, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found...
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Vesara (redirect from Karnata dravida)
temple architecture found in historic texts, the others being Nagara, Dravida, Bhumija, Kalinga, and Varata. Some scholars like Adam Hardy avoid using...
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...
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Hoysala architecture style is described as Karnata Dravida as distinguished from the traditional Dravida, and is considered an independent architectural...
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and Chinas, Hunas, Pahlavas, Sakas, Yavanas, Savaras, Paundras, Kanchis, Dravidas, Sinhalas and Keralas. All these tribes were described as Mlechha tribes...
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forth from her tail, an army of Palhavas, and from her udders, an army of Dravidas and Sakas; and from her womb, an army of Yavanas, and from her dung, an...
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of Yudhishthira at (2:4). The Vangas, Angas, Paundras, Odras, Cholas, Dravidas and Andhrakas were mentioned to be giving tribute to Yudhishthira (3:51)...
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Brahmin (section Gauda and Dravida Brahmins)
Brahmins – Nepali Bahuns The Pancha Dravida Brahmins reside to the south of the Vindhya mountain range. The term "Dravida" too has territorial, linguistic...
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Vattadhanas. Mahabharata, Book 6, Chapter 9 There are other kingdoms in the south. They are the Dravidas, the Keralas, the Prachyas, the Mushikas, and the Vanavashikas;...
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(coastal region) of Maharashtra. Other such Brahmin populated kingdoms includes Dravida, Andhra and Karnata. They have migrated in the later periods to...
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Vijayanagara Empire (redirect from Vijayanagara Kingdom)
continued to build vesara or Deccan-style monuments but later incorporated Dravida-style gopuras to meet their ritualistic needs. The Prasanna Virupaksha...
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Dravidian architecture (redirect from Drāviḍa Style)
Hoysala architecture style is described as Karnata Dravida as distinguished from the traditional Dravida, and is considered an independent architectural...
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Greeks, the following were mentioned as vratya kshatriyas or mlechhas: Dravida, Abhira, Sabara, Kirata, Malava, Sibi, Trigarta, and Yaudheya. Historians...
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Mahisha is mentioned in Mahabharata- "There are other kingdoms in the south. They are the Dravidas, the Keralas, the Prachyas, the Mushikas, and the Vanavashikas;...
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Lanka (redirect from Lanka Kingdom)
subjection and exacted tributes from the Paundrayas (Pandyas?) and the Dravidas along with the Udrakeralas and the Andhras and the Talavanas, the Kalingas...
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sacrifice. The Vangas and Angas and Paundras and Odras and Cholas and Dravidas and Andhakas, and the chiefs of many islands and countries on the seaboard...
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Andhras (redirect from Andhra Kingdom)
Kauravas during the Mahabharata war. Sahadeva defeated the kingdoms of Pandya, Andhra, Kalinga, Dravida, Odra and Chera while performing the Rajasuya yajna....
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These monuments, regional variants of pre-existing dravida temples, defined the Karnata dravida tradition. The most notable of the many buildings dating...
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some Surasenas, Suras, some Kekayas, Pandyas, Kanchis, Keralas, Cholas, Dravidas, Andharas, some Kosalas, some Magadhas and the Yadavas under Satyaki and...
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