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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Anupa''' is a kingdom mentioned in the epic [[Mahabharata]]. It lay to the north west of [[Vidarbha Kingdom|Vidarbha]], in what is now [[Maharashtra]] . It was founded by the races from the western kingdoms like [[Madra Kingdom|Madra]] and [[Kamboja Kingdom|Kamboja]]<br />
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== References in Mahabharata ==<br />
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=== Anupa mentioned as a kingdom of Ancient India (Bharata Varsha) ===<br />
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....the Upavrittas, the '''Anupa Vrittas''', the Surashatras, Kekayas; the Kutas, the Maheyas, the Kakshas, the Samudranishkutas; the Andhras (6,9)<br />
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=== Anupa, in the line of Daksha ===<br />
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Daksha was a ''Prajapati'' (one who have many sons and thus a founder of a race). Pradha was one of his daughters. She was married to the sage [[Kasyapa]], the son of sage Marichi. Anupa was one of her daughters. (1,65)<br />
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=== King named Paschimanupaka ===<br />
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That best of [[Asuras]] who was known as Mritapa became on earth, the monarch, '''Pascimanupaka'''.(1,67)<br />
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=== Anupa Raja in Yudhishthira's court ===<br />
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Ketumata, Vasudana, and Vaideha and Kritakshana: Sudharman, Aniruddha, Srutayu endued with great strength; the invincible '''Anupa Raja''' (king of Anupa), the handsome Karmajit; Shishupala with his son, the king of Karusha; and the invincible youths of the Vrishni race, all these kings were present in [[Yudhishthira]]'s newly built court at his capital [[Indraprastha]]. (2,4)<br />
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=== Anupas in Kurukshetra War ===<br />
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The ruler of the Dasarnas, and the Prayagas, with the Daserakas, and the '''Anupakas''', and the Kiratas were placed in the neck of the military configuration of the name ''Krauncharuma'' (of the shape of a bird) of the [[Pandavas]], on day two of [[Kurukshetra War]]. (6,50)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Kingdoms of Ancient India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
*[[Kisari Mohan Ganguli]], ''The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose'', 1883-1896.<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Tribes and kingdoms of the Mahabharata}}<br />
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[[Category:Kingdoms in the Mahabharata]]</div>>Utcursch