मत्स्य महाजनपद

matsy / machchh / Matsya / Macha

thumb|300px|matsy mahajanapad
Matsya Great Realm matsy 16 mahajanapadoan mean se ek hai. isamean rajasthan ke alavar, bharatapur tatha jayapur zile ke kshetr shamil the. mahabharat kal ka ek prasiddh janapad jisaki sthiti alavar-jayapur ke parivarti pradesh mean mani gee hai. is desh mean virat ka raj tha tatha vahaan ki rajadhani upaplav namak nagar mean thi. virat nagar matsy desh ka doosara pramukh nagar tha.

digvijay yatra

• sahadev ne apani digvijay-yatra mean matsy desh par vijay prapt ki thi<balloon title="‘matsyarajan ch kauravyo vashe chake baladbali’ mahabharat sabhaparv 31,2" style="color:blue">*</balloon>.
• bhim ne bhi matsyoan ko vijit kiya tha.<balloon title="‘tato matsyanh mahateja maladaanshch mahabalanh’ mahabharat, sabhaparv 30,9" style="color:blue">*</balloon>.
• alavar ke ek bhag mean shalv desh tha jo matsy ka parshvavati janapad tha.
• paandavoan ne matsy desh mean virat ke yahaan rah kar apane ajnatavas ka ek varsh bitaya tha.<balloon title="mahabharat, udyogaparv" style="color:blue">*</balloon>.

rrigved mean ullekh

matsy nivasiyoan ka sarvapratham ullekh rrigved mean hai<balloon title="purola itturvasho yakshurasidraye matsyasonishita apiv, shrushtrinchaku bhrigavodruhyavashch sakha sakhayamataradvishoocho: rrigved 7,18,6" style="color:blue">*</balloon>. is uddharan mean matsyoan ka vaidik kal ke prasiddh raja sudas ke shatruoan ke sath ullekh hai.

granthoan mean ullekh

shatapath brahman<balloon title="shatapath brahman 13,5,4,9" style="color:blue">*</balloon> mean matsy-naresh dhvasan dvaitavan ka ullekh hai, jisane sarasvati ke tat par ashvamedh yajn kiya tha. is ullekh se matsy desh mean sarasvati tatha dvaitavan sarovar ki sthiti soochit hoti hai. gopath brahman<balloon title="gopath brahman (1-2-9)" style="color:blue">*</balloon> mean matsyoan ko shalvoan aur kaushitaki upanishad<balloon title="upanishad 14, 1" style="color:blue">*</balloon> mean kuru-panchaloan se sambaddh bataya gaya hai.

mahabharat mean ullekh

• mahabharat mean inaka trigartoan aur chediyoan ke sath bhi ullekh hai<balloon title="‘sahajashchedimatsyanaan praviranaan vrishadhvaj:’ mahabharat, udyogaparv 74-16" style="color:blue">*</balloon>.
• manusanhita mean matsyavasiyoan ko paanchal aur shoorasen ke nivasiyoan ke sath hi brahmarshi-desh mean sthit mana hai<balloon title="‘kurukshetran ch matsyashch panchala shoorasenaka: esh brahmarshi desho vai brahmavatadinantar:’manusmriti 2,19" style="color:blue">*</balloon>.
• u disa ki bhootapoorv mayoorabhanj riyasat mean prachalit janashruti ke anusar matsy desh satiyapara (zila mayoorabhanj) ka prachin nam tha. uparyukt vivechan se matsy ki sthiti poorvottar rajasthan mean siddh hoti hai kintu is kianvadanti ka adhar shayad tah tathy hai ki matsyoan ki ek shakha madhy kal ke poorv vijigapatam (andhr pradesh) ke nikat ja kar bas gee thi<balloon title="dibbi d tamrapatr, epigraphika iandiya, 5,108" style="color:blue">*</balloon>. u disa ke raja jayatsen ne apani kanya prabhavati ka vivah matsyavanshiy satyamartad se kiya tha jinaka vanshaj 1269 ee॰ mean arjun namak vyakti tha. sambhav hai prachin matsy desh ki paandavoan se sanbandhit kianvadantiyaan u disa mean matsyoan ki isi shakha dvara pahuanchi ho<balloon title="apar matsy" style="color:blue">*</balloon>.