कुरु महाजनपद

kuru / Kuru / Kuru Desh

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Kuru Great Realm kuru, pauranik 16 mahajanapadoan mean se ek . adhunik hariyana tatha dilli ka yamuna nadi ke pashchim vala aansh shamil tha . isaki rajadhani adhunik dilli (indraprasth) thi .

tathy

1. ek prachin desh jisaka himalay ke uttar ka bhag 'uttar kuroo' aur himalay ke dakshin ka bhag 'dakshin kuroo' ke nam se vikhyat tha. bhagavat ke anusar yudhishthar ka rajasooy yajn aur shrikrishna ka rookmini ke sath vivah yahian hua tha.
2. agnidh ke ek putr ka nam 'kuroo' tha jinaki stri merookanya prasiddh hai.
3. vaidik sahity mean ullikhit ek prasiddh chandravanshi raja tha. kuroo ke pita ka nam sanvaran tatha mata ka nam tapati tha. shubhaangi tatha vahini namak inaki do striyaan thian. vahini ke paanch putr hue jinamean kanishth ka nam janamejay tha jisake vanshaj dhritarashtr aur paandu hue. samanyat: dhritarashtr ki santan ko hi 'kaurav' sanjna di jati hai, par kuroo ke vanshaj kaurav-paandavoan donoan hi the.

kuroo-janapad

• prachin bharat ka prasiddh janapad jisaki sthitian vartaman dilli-merath pradesh mean thi. mahabharatkal mean hastinapur kuroo-janapad ki rajadhani thi. mahabharat se jnat hota hai ki kuroo ki prachin rajadhani khaandavaprasth thi. kuroo-shravan namak vyakti ka ullekh rrigved mean hai <balloon title="kuroo shravanamavrini rajanan trasadasyavamh. manhishthanvaghata mrishi" style="color:blue">*</balloon>
• atharvaved sanhita 20,127,8 mean kauravy ya kuroo desh ke raja ka ullekh hai.<balloon title="kulayan krinvan kauravy: patiravadati jayaya ." style="color:blue">*</balloon>
• mahabharat ke anek varnanoan se vidit hota hai ki kuroojaangal, kuroo aur kurookshetr is vishal janapad ke tin mukhy bhag the. kuroojaangal is pradesh ke vanyabhag ka nam tha jisaka vistar sarasvati tat par sthit kamyakavan tak tha. khaandav van bhi jise paandavoan ne jala kar usake sthan par indraprasth nagar basaya tha isi jangali bhag mean sammilit tha aur yah vartaman nee dilli ke purane kile aur kutub ke asapas raha hoga.
• mukhy kuroo janapad hastinapur (zila merath, u0pr0) ke nikat tha. kurookshetr ki sima taittariy aranyak mean is prakar hai- isake dakshin mean khaandav, uttar mean toordhn aur pashchim mean parinah sthit tha. sanbhav hai ye sab vibhinn vanoan ke nam the. kuroo janapad mean vartaman thanesar, dilli aur uttari ganga dvaba (merath-bijanaur jiloan ke bhag) shamil the.
• papanchasoodani namak granth mean varnit anushruti ke anusar ilavanshiy kaurav, mool roop se himalay ke uttar mean sthit pradesh (ya uttarakuroo) ke rahane vale thean . kalaantar mean unake bharat mean akar bas jane ke karan unaka naya nivasasthan bhi kuroo desh hi kahalane laga. ise unake mool nivas se bhinn nam n dekar kuroo hi kaha gaya. keval uttar aur dakshin shabd kuroo ke pahale jo d kar unaki bhinnata ka nirdesh kiya gaya <balloon title="l aau-aiansheant midiandiyan kshatriy traibs, pri0 16" style="color:blue">*</balloon>
• mahabharat mean bharatiy kuroo-janapadoan ko dakshin kuroo kaha gaya hai aur uttar-kuroooan ke sath hi unaka ullekh bhi hai. <balloon title="'uttarai: kuroobhi: sardh dakshina: kuravastatha. vispardhamana vyacharanstatha devarshicharanai: adi0 108,10" style="color:blue">*</balloon>
• aanguttar-nikay mean 'solah mahajanapadoan ki soochi mean kuroo ka bhi nam hai jisase is janapad ki mahatta ka kal buddh tatha usake poorvavarti samay tak pramanit hota hai.
• mahasut-som-jatak ke anusar kuroo janapad ka vistar tin sau kos tha. jatakoan mean kuroo ki rajadhani indraprasth mean bataee gee hai. hatthinapur ya hastinapur ka ullekh bhi jatakoan mean hai. aisa jan p data hai ki is kal ke pashchat aur magadh ki badhati huee shakti ke phalasvaroop jisaka poorn vikas maury samrajy ki sthapana ke sath hua, kuroo, jisaki rajadhani istinapur raja nichakshu ke samay mean ganga mean bah gee thi aur jise chho d kar is raja ne vats janapad mean jakar apani rajadhani kaushaanbi mean banaee thi, dhire-dhire vismriti ke gart mean vilin ho gaya. is tathy ka jnan hamean jain uttaradhyayan sootr se hota hai jisase buddhakal mean kuroopradesh mean kee chhote-chhote rajyoan ka astitv jnat hota hai.