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[[File:Mahajanapadas_(c._500_BCE).png|thumb|Matsya Viratnagar in the Mahajanpad period]]<br />
'''Virata''' was a kingdom ruled by the Matsya king by the name [[Virata]]. It was here that the [[Pandavas]] spent their 13th year of anonymity ([[Agyata Vasa]]) after their 12 years of forest-life ([[Vana Vasa]]) in the forests of [[Kamyaka Forest|Kamyaka]] and [[Dwaita Forest|Dwaita]]. It was also known as [[Virata Nagari]], modern [[Bairat]] in the [[Jaipur]] district of [[Rajasthan]]. [[Akhnoor]], a town in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] is also considered by some as the Virat Nagar.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/akhnoor-caught-in-a-time-warp/article5007275.ece Akhnoor: Caught in a time warp - The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Upaplavya]] was another city in this kingdom where the Pandavas and their allies camped before the beginning of the great [[Kurukshetra War]].<br />
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King Virata and his sons took part in the great war and perished. Virata's daughter [[Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttara]] married [[Arjuna]]'s son [[Abhimanyu]] and gave birth to [[Parikshit]] who later became the [[Kuru (kingdom)|Kuru]] king after the reign of the Pandavas.<br />
Buddhanagar: Archaeological survey in 1960 also found ruins of a temple estimated to be built around the 1st century BCE, around the time of the Mahabharat.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Matsya Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Kingdoms of Ancient India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*[[Mahabharata]] of [[Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa]], translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli<br />
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