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'''Madra''' ({{IAST3|Madra}}; {{IPA-sa|mɐdɽɐ|}}) is the name of an ancient region and its inhabitants, located in the north-west division of the ancient Indian sub-continent. The kingdom's boundaries are believed to [[Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni|have extended]] from [[Syria]] and portions of [[Mesopotamia]] (possibly as far as [[Iraq#Administrative_divisions|Western Iraq]] ([[Al Anbar]]) to the present day. Some support for this belief lies within the ancient epic, the [[Mahabharata]] that describes the armies of the [[Madra Kingdom]] led by King [[Shalya]], marching from ancient Syria to what would be known today as [[Haryana]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Menon|first1=Ramesh|title=The Mahabharata, A modern rendering|date=2006|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595401888}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ganguly|first1=Kisari|title=The Mahabharata|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m08/index.htm|website=www.sacred-texts.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Przyluski|first1=Jean|title=Ancient Peoples of the Punjab|date=1960|publisher=K. L. Mukhopadhyaya|location=University of Minnesota|pages=vi, 7-8}}</ref> <br />
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The Madra are numerously referenced in [[Sanskrit literature|ancient Sanskrit]] and [[Pali literature]] and some scholarly work references them as being part of the [[Kshatriya]] group during the time of the [[Mahabharata]] (the [[Vedic Period]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Law|first1=Dr. Bimla Charan|title=Some Ksatriya Tribes of Ancient India|date=1924|publisher=University of Calcutta|pages=214–229|url=https://archive.org/stream/someksatriyatrib035136mbp#page/n259/mode/2up}}</ref> <br />
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Recent scholarly work references the Madra kingdom existing for at least two thousand years and places its home between the [[Ravi River|Ravi]] and [[Chenab]] rivers of [[Punjab region]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hamadani|first1=Agha Hussain|title=The frontier policy of the Delhi Sultans|date=1986|publisher=National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research|page=112}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bajpai|first1=Shiva Chandra (S.C.)|title=Lahaul-Spiti: A Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas|date=1987|publisher=Indus Publishing Company|page=11|isbn=9788173871139|edition=Fourth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4mCH1oCKTkC&q=madra+tribe&pg=PA11}}</ref> The Kingdom of Madra was founded by Madra who was the son of Shibi in [[Treta]] [[Yuga]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[36 royal races]]<br />
* [[Caste system in India]]<br />
* [[Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni]]<br />
* [[List of Rigvedic tribes]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Ancient Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Mahabharata]]<br />
[[Category:Historical Indian regions]]<br />
[[Category:Historical regions of Afghanistan]]<br />
[[Category:Historical regions of Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of India]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]<br />
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