Abhira kingdom

Abhira kingdom
Religion
Bhagavata
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraEarly Mahajanapada (Mahabharata)
Today part ofPakistan
India

The Abhira kingdom in the Mahabharata is either of two kingdoms near the Sarasvati river. It was dominated by the Abhiras, sometimes referred to as Surabhira[1][2][3] also, combining both Sura and Abhira kingdoms. Modern day Abhira territory lies within Northern areas of Gujarat and Southern Rajasthan, India.[4]

  1. ^ Garg, Gaṅgā Rām (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World. Concept Publishing Company. p. 113. ISBN 978-81-7022-374-0.
  2. ^ The Vishnu Purana a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition Translated from the Original Sanskrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puranas by the Late H.H. Wilson: 2. Trubner. 1865. p. 133.
  3. ^ Atkinson, Edwin T. (1 January 1874). Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 360. The Suras and Abhiras' are associated together in the Mahābhārata and Harivansa and appear to have been a pastoral people in the upper portion of the north-western Panjāb represented by the Ahirs and Gwalas of the present day.
  4. ^ Numismatic Society of India (1991). The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India. Vol. 53. ISSN 0029-6066.