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-[[File:Map_Chhattisgarh_state_and_districts.png|right|thumb|300px|Dandakaranya is geographically equivalent to Bastar division which covers bottom three districts (named Kanker, Bastar and Dantewada) in this 2007 district map of [[Chhattisgarh]]; since then these 3 districts have been divided into more districts]]
-'''Dandakaranya''' is a historical region in [[India]], mentioned in the [[Ramayana]]. It is identified with a territory roughly equivalent to the [[Bastar division]] in the [[Chhattisgarh]] state in the central-east part of [[India]].  It covers about {{convert|35600|sqmi|km2|-2|order=flip}} of land, which includes the [[Abujhmar]] Hills in the west and the [[Eastern Ghats]] in the east, including regions of [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Odisha]] states. It spans about {{convert|200|mi|km|sigfig=1|order=flip}} from north to south and about {{convert|300|mi|km|sigfig=1|order=flip}} from east to west.<ref name=brit>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9028691/Dandakaranya |title= Dandakaranya |work=Encyclopædia Britannica Online}}</ref> Dandakaranya roughly translates from Sanskrit to "The Jungle (aranya) of Punishment (dandakas").<ref name=HN1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/0797/0036.html |title=In the footsteps of Rama - The Pioneer |access-date=22 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507173003/http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/0797/0036.html |archive-date=7 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+'''Dandakaranya''' ({{Langx|sa|दण्डकारण्य|translit=Daṇḍakāraṇya}}), also rendered '''Dandaka''' ({{langx|sa|दंडक}}, IAST: {{IAST|Daṃḍaka}}), is a historical region and the name of a forest mentioned in the ancient Indian epic ''[[Ramayana]]''. It covers about {{convert|35600|sqmi|km2|-2|order=flip}} of land, which includes the [[Abujhmar]] Hills in the west and borders the [[Eastern Ghats]] in the east, including regions of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Odisha]], and [[Telangana]] states. It spans about {{convert|200|mi|km|sigfig=1|order=flip}} from north to south and about {{convert|300|mi|km|sigfig=1|order=flip}} from east to west.<ref name=brit>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9028691/Dandakaranya |title= Dandakaranya |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online}}</ref>
 ==Etymology==
-Dandaka-aranya, means the Dandak Forest, the abode of the demon Dandak.<ref name=brit/>
+''Dandakaranya'' means "the Dandaka forest" in Sanskrit, the abode of the [[rakshasa]] Dandaka.<ref name=brit/> It was the site of the [[Danda kingdom]] in [[Hindu puranic history]], a stronghold of the rakshasa tribes. It was a state of the [[Lanka kingdom]] under the reign of [[Ravana]]. Ravana's governor [[Khara (Ramayana)|Khara]] ruled this province.
-Dandakaranya is considered sacred in [[Hinduism]], as many accounts of the region describe ancient Hindu peoples and Hindu deities living together in refuge there. The Dandakaranya zone was the location of the turning point in the [[Ramayana]], a famous [[Indian epic poetry|Sanskrit epic]]. The plot for the divine objectives to uproot the [[rakshasa]] from the land was formulated here.<ref>Arya, Ravi Prakash (ed.).Ramayana of Valmiki: Sanskrit Text and English Translation. (English translation according to M. N. Dutt, introduction by Dr. Ramashraya Sharma, 4-volume set) Parimal Publications: Delhi, 1998, {{ISBN|81-7110-156-9}}</ref> According to the Ramayana, it was home to many deadly creatures and demons. Exiled persons resided here and sages had to cross it in order to reach the [[Vindhya Range|Vindhya Mountains]]. [[Rama]], his wife [[Sita]] and his brother [[Lakshmana]] spent initial years of fourteen years as exiles traveling around the region. This region has an average height of metres and lies mostly in the Indian State of Chhattisgarh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swargarohan.org/Ramayana/Aranya-Kand.htm |title=Aranya Kand |access-date=2009-01-06 |work=Tulsi Ramayana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007232929/http://www.swargarohan.org/Ramayana/Aranya-Kand.htm |archive-date=7 October 2008 }}</ref>
+==Hinduism==
 ==See also==
-*[[Danda Kingdom]]
+*[[Danda kingdom]]
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[[File:Map_Chhattisgarh_state_and_districts.png|right|thumb|300px|Dandakaranya is geographically equivalent to Bastar division which covers bottom three districts (named Kanker, Bastar and Dantewada) in this 2007 district map of [[Chhattisgarh]]; since then these 3 districts have been divided into more districts]]
'''Dandakaranya''' is a historical region in [[India]], mentioned in the [[Ramayana]]. It is identified with a territory roughly equivalent to the [[Bastar division]] in the [[Chhattisgarh]] state in the central-east part of [[India]]. It covers about {{convert|35600|sqmi|km2|-2|order=flip}} of land, which includes the [[Abujhmar]] Hills in the west and the [[Eastern Ghats]] in the east, including regions of [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Odisha]] states. It spans about {{convert|200|mi|km|sigfig=1|order=flip}} from north to south and about {{convert|300|mi|km|sigfig=1|order=flip}} from east to west.<ref name=brit>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9028691/Dandakaranya |title= Dandakaranya |work=Encyclopædia Britannica Online}}</ref> Dandakaranya roughly translates from Sanskrit to "The Jungle (aranya) of Punishment (dandakas").<ref name=HN1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/0797/0036.html |title=In the footsteps of Rama - The Pioneer |access-date=22 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507173003/http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/0797/0036.html |archive-date=7 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The [[Balaghat district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Bhandara district|Bhandara]], [[Gondia district|Gondia]] and [[Gadchiroli district|Gadchiroli]] districts of [[Maharashtra]] are part of the ancient region Dandakaranya.<ref>Lonely Planet India (Country Guide) (2019) 1256 pag {{ISBN|1787013693}},
{{ISBN|978-1787013698}}</ref>

==Etymology==
Dandaka-aranya, means the Dandak Forest, the abode of the demon Dandak.<ref name=brit/>
[[Dandaka]] ({{lang-sa|दंडक}}, [[IAST]]: {{IAST|Daṃḍaka}}) is the name of a [[forest]] mentioned in the ancient Indian text ''[[Ramayana]]''. It is also known as ''Dandakaranya'', ''aranya'' being the Sanskrit word for "forest". It was the location of the [[Danda Kingdom]], a stronghold of the [[Rakshasa]] tribes. It was state of the [[Lanka Kingdom]] under the reign of [[Ravana]]. Ravana's governor [[Khara (Ramayana)|Khara]] ruled this province.

==As a sacred land in Hinduism==

Dandakaranya is considered sacred in [[Hinduism]], as many accounts of the region describe ancient Hindu peoples and Hindu deities living together in refuge there. The Dandakaranya zone was the location of the turning point in the [[Ramayana]], a famous [[Indian epic poetry|Sanskrit epic]]. The plot for the divine objectives to uproot the [[rakshasa]] from the land was formulated here.<ref>Arya, Ravi Prakash (ed.).Ramayana of Valmiki: Sanskrit Text and English Translation. (English translation according to M. N. Dutt, introduction by Dr. Ramashraya Sharma, 4-volume set) Parimal Publications: Delhi, 1998, {{ISBN|81-7110-156-9}}</ref> According to the Ramayana, it was home to many deadly creatures and demons. Exiled persons resided here and sages had to cross it in order to reach the [[Vindhya Range|Vindhya Mountains]]. [[Rama]], his wife [[Sita]] and his brother [[Lakshmana]] spent initial years of fourteen years as exiles traveling around the region. This region has an average height of metres and lies mostly in the Indian State of Chhattisgarh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swargarohan.org/Ramayana/Aranya-Kand.htm |title=Aranya Kand |access-date=2009-01-06 |work=Tulsi Ramayana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007232929/http://www.swargarohan.org/Ramayana/Aranya-Kand.htm |archive-date=7 October 2008 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Danda Kingdom]]
*[[Marichjhapi incident|Marichjhapi Massacre]]

== References ==
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[[Category:History of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Refugees in India]]
[[Category:Ancient Indian forests]]
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