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'''Vishala''', '''Visala''', '''Vaisala''' or '''Vishal''' ({{lang-sa|viśāla}}) was a king of ancient India, son of [[Ikshwaku]] queen [[Alambusha]]. [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vaishali]] is supposed to have got its name from King Vishal, who ruled on this land. It was named [[Vishalapuri]] after the king. With time the name changed to Vaishali.<br />
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The name of King Vishal is also mentioned in one of the [[Puranas]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZQbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA169&dq=%22King+Visala%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwir6-rcn_XKAhVG1x4KHVJJBQAQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=%22King%20Visala%22&f=false |title=Dippings in the Puranas | journal =Calcutta Review | volume =40 | pages =169–170 |date =1864 |access-date=2016-02-13 }}</ref> as well as the ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Promatha Nath Mullick |title=The Mahabharata as a History and a Drama |year=1939 |publisher=Thacker, Spink |location=Calcutta |pages=130 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.514537 |oclc=12074301 }}</ref><br />
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