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'''Mahisha''' or '''Mahishaka''' was a [[Kingdoms of Ancient India|kingdom in ancient India]]. The capital, [[Mysore|Mahishuru]], is currently known as [[Mysore]], a city in [[Karnataka]].<ref name="HD">{{cite news |last1=Umashankar |first1=H. D. |title=Mahisha Dusshera – Rediscovering of the forgotten history |url=https://gaurilankeshnews.com/mahisha-dusshera-rediscovering-of-the-forgotten-history/ |agency=Gauri Lankesh news |publisher=Gauri Lankesh news |date=October 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mysuru name|url=http://www.mysore.org.uk/mysore-history.html|website=mysore.org.uk|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref> This kingdom is mentioned in [[Mahabharata]], though [[Puranas]] (especially Markandeya Purana) gives more information. The name ''Mahisha'' ({{lang-sa|महिष}}) means ''great'', ''powerful''.<ref>Kisari Mohan Ganguli, ''The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose''</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[Mahishasura|King Mahisha]] built a vast kingdom with [[Mysore|Mahishuru]] as its center, which was the Mahisha kingdom. The name of 'Mysore', came from its ruler [[Mahishasura|Mahisha]].<ref name="HD"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Mysuru name|url=http://www.mysore.org.uk/mysore-history.html|website=mysore.org.uk|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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===In the Mahabharata===<br />
Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata, Book VI, Chapter 10 describes geography and provinces of [[History of India|ancient India]]. 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; the '''Mahishakas''', the Vikalpas, the Mushakas.....".<ref> मल्लाः सुदेष्णाः पराहूतास तदा माहिष कार्षिकाः, वाहीका वाटधानाश च आभीराः कालतॊयकाः (VI.10.45)</ref><ref>द्रविडाः केरलाः प्राच्या मूषिका वनवासिनः, उन्नत्यका '''माहिषका''' विकल्पा मूषकास तदा (VI.10.57)</ref><br />
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Karna Parva, Mahabharata Book VIII, Chapter 30 mentions the tribes who are not followers of [[Brahmanism]]- "The Karasakaras, the '''Mahishakas''', the [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalingas]], the Kikatas, the Atavis, the Karkotakas, the Virakas, and other peoples of no religion, one should always avoid."<ref>कारः करान महिषकान कलिङ्गान कीकटाटवीन, कर्कॊटकान वीरकांश च दुर्धर्मांश च विवर्जयेत (VIII.30.45)</ref><br />
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====Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice====<br />
[[Yudhishthira]], the [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru king]], performed a [[Rajasuya]] sacrifice in order to again imperial sovereignty. All his brothers went on extensive military campaigns to extract tribute from all the kingdoms and subjugate those who refused to do so.<br />
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'A battle took place between [[Arjuna]] and the Dravidas and [[Andhra in Indian epic literature|Andhras]] and the fierce '''Mahishakas''' and the hillmen of Kolwa. Subjugating those tribes without having to accomplish any fierce feats, Arjuna proceeded to the country of the Surashtras, his footsteps guided by the horse.' (14,83)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98843|title = Journal of Indian History|date = 1949-01-01|publisher = University of Kerala.|language = en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmIMAAAAIAAJ|title=A Prose English Translation of the Mahabharata: (tr. Literally from the Original Sanskrit Text)|last=Datta|first=Manmathanatha|date=1897-01-01|publisher=H.C. Dass|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kingdoms of Ancient India]]<br />
*[[Mushika Kingdom]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Cite book|url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98843|title = Journal of Indian History|date = 1949-01-01|publisher = University of Kerala.|language = en}}<br />
*Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli<br />
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmIMAAAAIAAJ|title=A Prose English Translation of the Mahabharata: (tr. Literally from the Original Sanskrit Text)|last=Datta|first=Manmathanatha|date=1897-01-01|publisher=H.C. Dass|language=en}}<br />
*{{cite news |last1=Umashankar |first1=H. D. |title=Mahisha Dusshera – Rediscovering of the forgotten history |url=https://gaurilankeshnews.com/mahisha-dusshera-rediscovering-of-the-forgotten-history/ |agency=Gauri Lankesh news |publisher=Gauri Lankesh news |date=October 8, 2019}}<br />
*{{cite web|title=Mysuru name|url=http://www.mysore.org.uk/mysore-history.html|website=mysore.org.uk|access-date=27 January 2016}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Tribes and kingdoms of the Mahabharata}}<br />
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