केकय
kekay ramayan tatha paravarti kal mean panjab ka ek janapad tha. ise 'kaikey', 'kaikas' ya 'kaikeyas' ke nam se bhi jana jata tha. kekay desh ka ullekh ramayan mean bhi ata hai. raja dasharath ki sabase chhoti rani kaikeyi aur usaki dasi manthara kekay desh ki hi thi. kekay gandhar aur vipasha ya biyas nadi ke bich ka pradesh tha. 'valmiki ramayan' se vidit hota hai ki kekay janapad ki rajadhani 'rajagrih' ya 'girivraj' mean thi.
puran ullekh
- raja dasharath ki rani kaikeyi, kekayaraj ki putri thi aur ram ke rajyabhishek ke pahale bharat aur shatrughn rajagrih ya girivraj mean hi the-
‘ubhayaubharatashatrughnau kekayeshu parantapau, pure rajagrihe ramyematamahaniveshane’[1] tatha ‘girivrajapuravaran shoghramaseduranjasa’[2]
- ayodhya ke dootoan ki kekay desh ki yatra ke varnan mean unake dvara vipasha nadi ko par karake pashchim ki or jane ka ullekh hai-
‘vishno: padan prekshamana vipashaan chapi shalmalimh... ’[3]
any mahattvapoorn tathy
kaniangham ne girivraj ka abhijnan jhelam nadi (pakistan) ke tat par base 'girijak' namak sthan (vartaman jalalabad, prachin 'nagarahar') se kiya hai. alaksheandr ke bharat par akraman ke samay 'puru' ya 'pauras' kekay desh ka hi raja tha. us samay usaki poorvi sima ramayan kal ke kekay janapad ki apeksha sankuchit thi aur isaka vistar jhelam aur gujarat ke ziloan tak hi tha. jain lekhakoan ke anusar kekay desh ka adha bhag ary tha[4] paravarti kal mean kekay ke log shayad bihar mean jakar base hoange aur vahaan ke prasiddh bauddh kalin nagar girivraj ya rajagrih ka namakaran unhoanne apane desh ki rajadhani ke nam par hi kiya hoga.
kekay rajavansh ki ek shakha maisoor mean jakar bas gee thi [5] puranoan mean kekay logoan ko anu ka vanshaj bataya hai. rrigved[6] mean anu ke vansh ka nivas parushni nadi (ravi) ke nikat ya madhy panjab mean bataya gaya hai. jain granthoan mean kekay ke ‘seyaviya’ namak nagar ka ullekh hai.[7] ramayan se jnat hota hai ki kaikayi ke pita ka nam 'ashvapati' aur bhaee ka nam 'yudhajith' tha.
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tika tippani aur sandarbh
aitihasik sthanavali |lekhak: vijayendr kumar mathur |prakashak: rajasthan hindi granth akadami, jayapur |prishth sankhya: 221 - 222 |
sanbandhit lekh