BHARATA (EMPEROR)
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'Bharata' according to Hindu legendary accounts was the first king to conquer all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as '''BharÄtavará¹£a '''
According to the Mahabharata, Bharata's empire covered all of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan and Persia.
The Republic of India officially known as ''BhÄrat'' after Bharata.
According to the ''Mahabharata'' (''Adi Parva''), Bharata was the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar Dynasty of the Kshatriya caste. He was originally Named ''Sarvadamana'' (subduer of all); the ''Mahabharata'' traces the events in his life by which he came to be known as Bharata (the Cherished).
Bharata is regarded as the first emperor to rule all of India and so India is also called "Bhaaratvarsha" meaning the land of Bharata (Monier-Williams: "'king Bharatas's realm' i.e. India").
Bharata's exploits as a child prince are dramatised in Kalidasa's poetic play ''The Recognition of Shakuntala''.
There is no historical or archeological evidence of Bharata's kingdom and reign. The composition of the Mahabharata falls within the period of the Mauryan Empire, which was historically the first empire to unite most of the Indian subcontinent, under Ashoka the Great (ruled 273–232 BC).
★ Bharata (disambiguation)
★ Chakravartin
★ Hindu mythology
★ Mahabharata
★ Bharatas (tribe)
★ History of India
★ History of Hinduism
★ http://moralstories.wordpress.com/2006/08/11/bharata-dushyanta-putra/
Map of Epic India.
'Bharata' according to Hindu legendary accounts was the first king to conquer all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as '''BharÄtavará¹£a '''
According to the Mahabharata, Bharata's empire covered all of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan and Persia.
The Republic of India officially known as ''BhÄrat'' after Bharata.
| Contents |
| In the Mahabharata |
| In classical poetry |
| Historicity |
| See also |
| External links |
In the Mahabharata
According to the ''Mahabharata'' (''Adi Parva''), Bharata was the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar Dynasty of the Kshatriya caste. He was originally Named ''Sarvadamana'' (subduer of all); the ''Mahabharata'' traces the events in his life by which he came to be known as Bharata (the Cherished).
Bharata is regarded as the first emperor to rule all of India and so India is also called "Bhaaratvarsha" meaning the land of Bharata (Monier-Williams: "'king Bharatas's realm' i.e. India").
In classical poetry
Bharata's exploits as a child prince are dramatised in Kalidasa's poetic play ''The Recognition of Shakuntala''.
Historicity
There is no historical or archeological evidence of Bharata's kingdom and reign. The composition of the Mahabharata falls within the period of the Mauryan Empire, which was historically the first empire to unite most of the Indian subcontinent, under Ashoka the Great (ruled 273–232 BC).
See also
★ Bharata (disambiguation)
★ Chakravartin
★ Hindu mythology
★ Mahabharata
★ Bharatas (tribe)
★ History of India
★ History of Hinduism
External links
★ http://moralstories.wordpress.com/2006/08/11/bharata-dushyanta-putra/
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