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    Kekaya (Sanskrit: Kekaya) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-western South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE)...
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  • KAMBOJA GANDHĀRA MATSYA AṄGA MAGADHA ◇ ▷ Kekeya Kingdom (also known as Kekaya, Kaikaya, Kaikeya etc.) was a kingdom mentioned in the ancient Indian epic...
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    Sivi Kingdom, Setuka, Madra who founded the Madra Kingdom and Kekaya who founded the Kekaya Kingdom) Harischandra (a contemporary of Anu King Ashvapati...
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    line up at Kurukshetra for a war. The kingdoms of Panchala, Dwaraka, Kasi, Kekaya, Magadha, Matsya, Chedi, Pandyas, Telinga, and the Yadus of Mathura and...
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    Caidyas Dewa Gāndhārīs Gangaridai Gurjara-Pratihara Kambojas Kalinga Kasmira Kekaya Khasas Kikata Koliya Kosala Kurus Licchavis Madra Magadhis Malavas Mallakas...
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    and Shankha. Sudeshna was the daughter of Queen Malavi and a lord of the Kekayas. During the Pandavas' 13th year of exile, Sudeshna unknowingly plays host...
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    divisions of Vahika Country, viz Kekaya, Uśīnara and Madra. Fourth division to be added to Vahika country is Śavasa. Of these Kekaya and Śavasa may be located...
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    Mahabharata. In Bhagavata Purana, the Uśīnaras, the Sibi, the Madras, and the Kekayas are the direct descendants of Anudruhyu. Sibi or Sivi is stated to be son...
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    abdicate and hand over the throne to Rama, Bharata had left for the kingdom of Kekaya along with Shatrughna; his grandfather, King Ashvapati, had requested his...
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    Beas river near the Trigartas. The Madrakas, as well as the neighbouring Kekaya and Uśīnara tribes, were descended from the Ṛgvedic Anu tribe which lived...
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    (VP); Gatravan, Gatragupta, Gatravinda, Gatravati (d) (HV) Bhadra Kaikeyi Kekaya Dhrishtaketu(f), Shrutakirti (m) - Krishna's aunt Married by brothers to...
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    references that give valuable information on their role in Kurukshetra War:- The Kekaya brothers, at the head of their troops, encountered in battle the five Gandhara...
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  • two brothers and kings of Avanti Kingdom The Kekaya brothers from Kekeya Kingdom (opposed the Kekayas on the Pandava side) Sudakshina the king of Kamboja...
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    Iron Age, first legendary kingdoms appeared in Punjab including Gandhara, Kekaya, Madra, Sivi and Trigarta. Literary evidence from the Vedic Era suggests...
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    "destructive fire" (pralayaanala) to the Pallavas. His queen Prabhavati of the Kekaya family bore him a son called Ravivarma. Mrigeshavarma was known to be a...
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  • the Kurukshetra war on the side of Kauravas. Karna Parava refers to the Kekayas, the Malavas, the Madrakas, the Dravidas of fierce prowess, the Yaudheyas...
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    Vasatis, the Salwas, the Sakas, the Trigartas, the Amvashthas, and the Kekayas, similarly fell upon Arjuna." (6:118) "Bhishma protected by the warriors...
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  • included the Gandharas and Shakuni. Anu's descendants included ehy Madras, Kekayas, Ushinara, and Shibi. Brahma Atri Chandra Budha The Lunar Dynasty started...
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  • story of the Pandavas and the bravery of Arjuna. Chekitana was the son of Kekaya king Dhrishtaketu and Queen Shrutakirti, a Yadava. Chekitana was described...
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    the kingdom, while the other states of the Punjab region, such as the Kekayas, Madrakas, Uśīnaras, and Shivis being under Gāndhārī suzerainty. The Gāndhārī...
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  • the sons of Sivi. The neighboring kingdoms of Madra, Kekaya, and Sindhu belonged to Madraka, Kekaya, and Vrsadarbh, the other three sons of Sivi.[citation...
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    chief fighting as a commander of the Kadambas in a battle against the Kekayas and Pallavas. In a stone inscription near Gudnapur dated to c. 500 CE,...
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  • Bhadra (Daughter of Vasudeva's sister Shrutakirti who was the Queen of Kekaya Kingdom.)[citation needed] Buddhism does not proscribe any specific sexual...
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    Mundas and the inhabitants of the kingdom of women and the Tanganas and the Kekayas and the Malavas and the inhabitants of Kasmira ... (3:51). Lanka, with...
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    Vasatis, the Ṡalvas, the Matsyas, the Amvashtas, the Trigartas, and the Kekayas, the Sauviras, the Kitavas, and the dwellers of the Eastern, Western, and...
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    ancient town and surrounding district: the Kambojas, the Daradas, the Kekayas, the Madras, the Pauravas, the Yaudheyas, the Malavas and the Kurus. After...
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  • Parvati Vikarna Atikaya Vyasa Vishnu Yashoda Aditi Yudhishthira Yama 5 Kekaya brothers Ashvashira, Ayashira, Ayashanka, Gaganamurdha, Vegavana Other wives...
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    prēmālaya- 10. sutange sēndraka-bāṇ=ōbhayadēśad=ā vīra-puruṣa-samakṣa- 11. de kēkaya-pallavaraṁ kād=eṟidu pettajayan=ā vija 12. arasange bāḷgaḻcu palmaḍiuṁ mūḷivaḷuṁ...
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    the kingdom, while the other states of the Punjab region, such as the Kekayas, Madrakas, Uśīnaras, and Shivis being under Gāndhārī suzerainty. The Gāndhārī...
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  • kingdoms. A passage in Ramayana attests that on the way from Ayodhya to Kekaya, one had to pass through the country of Bahlikas, located somewhere in Punjab...
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