• 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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    anthem Dravida kingdom, an ancient region mentioned in the Mahabharata Dravidian peoples, ethnic groups primarily in South India. Homo Dravida, a historically...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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