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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{cleanup|date=May 2011}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Daradas&#039;&#039;&#039; were a people who lived north to the [[Kashmir]] valley. Their kingdom is identified to be the [[Gilgit District|Gilgit]] region in [[Kashmir]] along the river [[Sindhu]] or [[Indus]]. They are often spoken along with the [[Kambojas]]. The [[Pandava]] hero [[Arjuna]] had visited this country of Daradas during his northern military campaign to collect tribute for [[Yudhishthira]]&#039;s [[Rajasuya]] sacrifice.<br /> <br /> The [[Vayu Purana]], [[Brahmanda Purana]] and [[Vamana Purana]] mention the Daradas with the Kambojas, Chinas, Tusharas and the Bahlikas etc. The Bhuvankosha of the Puranas locates the Daradas, [[Kambojas]], Barbaras, Bahlikas, Lampakas etc. in the [[Uttarapatha]] division of ancient India.&lt;ref&gt;Kirfel’s text of the Uttarapatha Countries of huvanakosha, based on the Puranas.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==About==<br /> Puranas also refer to river [[Sindhu]] as watering the lands of Daradas, [[Gandhara]]s and the Aurasas (Ursas). Brhat-Samhita groups the Daradas with the Abhisaras and the Tanganas. [[Mahabharata]] also mentions the Daradas as neighbors to the [[Kambojas]] and [[Bactria|Bahlikas]]. Mahabharata also notifies that the Daradas, [[Sakas]], [[Kambojas]], [[Yavana]]s etc. were originally [[Kshatriya]]s but were slowly sank to the status of vrishalah or degraded Kshatriyas due to the wrath of the Brahmanas. According to [[Manusmriti]] (X.43-44) also, the Daradas like the Sakas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Pahlavas, Paradas etc. became Mlechchas since they had ignored the Brahmanas and did not perform sacred [[Brahmana|Brahmanical]] codes. Mahabharata locates the country of Daradas in the &#039;&#039;Himavata-Pradesa&#039;&#039;. [[Ptolemy]] refers to the Daradas as living below the sources of river [[Indus]]. [[Herodotus]] refers to the Daradas as &#039;&#039;Dadicae&#039;&#039; and groups them with the [[Gandhara]]s and the Aparytae ([[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridis]]?). Herodotus and [[Strabo]] also connect the Daradas with the gold producing area located in the west of [[Tibet]]. There is an evidence that the Daradas, in ancient times, had their colonies located in [[Baltistan]] and [[Leh]] also.<br /> <br /> Darada king is mentioned as a Bahlika ruler in the Bahlika region in the [[Mahabharata]].&lt;ref&gt;Mahabharata, (1,67), (2,43)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> *[[Kingdoms of Ancient India]]<br /> *[[Hindu mythology]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> *[[Mahabharata]] of [[Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa]], translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli<br /> <br /> [[Category:Kingdoms in the Mahabharata]]</div>

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