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'''Himalaya kingdom''' was a mountainous country in [[Himalayas]] mentioned in the [[Puranas]]. [[Himavat]] was its ruler. His daughter [[Parvati]], who became a wife of Lord [[Shiva|Siva]], 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 Kingdom|Kuninda]], [[Parvata Kingdom|Parvata]], [[Nepa Kingdom|Nepa]], [[Kirata Kingdom|Kirata]], [[Kimpurusha Kingdom|Kimpurusha]], and [[Kinnara Kingdom|Kinnara]].<br />
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North India in 540 BCE.png|thumb|Map depicting 16 [[mahajanapada]]s kingdoms and other kingdoms of [[vedic era]] India in 540 BCE.<br />
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== References in Mahabharata ==<br />
[[Arjuna]] was mentioned to have made an expedition to the kingdoms in the mountainous Himalayan regions (2:27). Having conquered all the Himalayas and the Nishkuta mountains and arriving at the White mountains, he encamped on its breast (2:26). [[Pandavas]] saw with delight the extensive domains of Suvahu, situated on the Himalayas, abounding in horses and elephants, densely inhabited by the [[Kirata Kingdom|Kiratas]] and the Tanganas, and crowded by hundreds of Pulindas (3:140). [[Pandavas]] were mentioned as mining gold from the ''gold mines of Himalayas'' at (14:63,64).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kingdoms of Ancient India]]<br />
* [[Nepa Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Parvata Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Kirata Kingdom]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
* [[Mahabharata]] of [[Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa]], translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Tribes and kingdoms of the Mahabharata |state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Kingdoms in the Puranas]]<br />
[[Category:Himalayan kingdoms (Puranas)| ]]<br />
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