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'''Chedi''' ({{lang-sa|चेदी}}) was an ancient [[India]]n [[mahajanapada]], a kingdom which fell roughly in the [[Bundelkhand]] division of [[Madhya Pradesh]] regions to the south of river [[Yamuna]] along the river [[Ken River|Ken]]. Its capital city was called [[Suktimati]] in Sanskrit and Sotthivati-nagara in [[Pali]].<ref>{{Citation|url=https://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00raycuoft|last=Raychaudhuri|first=Hem Chandra|title=Political history of ancient India, from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty|year=1923|page=66}}</ref> In [[Pali]]-language Buddhist texts, it is listed as one of the sixteen [[mahajanapada]]s ("great realms" of northern and central India).<ref>{{Citation|url=https://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00raycuoft|last=Raychaudhuri|first=Hem Chandra|title=Political history of ancient India, from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty|year=1923|page=67}}</ref> [[Ishwarsena]] alias ''Mahaksatrapa'' Isvardatta,<ref name="H.S. Thosar: The Abhiras in Indian History">{{cite journal |last1=Thosar |first1=H.S. |title=The Abhiras in Indian History |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148188 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |year=1990 |volume=51 |pages=56–65 |publisher=Indian History Congress |jstor=44148188 |access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> the founder of the [[Abhira dynasty]], who seemed to have ruled over a large territory in the [[Deccan]],<ref name="Arun Kumar Sharma">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDluAAAAMAAJ&q=Ishwarsena | title=Heritage of Tansa Valley | publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan | author=Arun Kumar Sharma | year=2004 | pages=33, 92 | isbn=9788180900297}}</ref> started an era to commemorate his ascension,<ref name="H.S. Thosar: The Abhiras in Indian History" | '''Chedi''' ({{lang-sa|चेदी}}) was an ancient [[India]]n [[mahajanapada]], a kingdom which fell roughly in the [[Bundelkhand]] division of [[Madhya Pradesh]] regions to the south of river [[Yamuna]] along the river [[Ken River|Ken]]. Its capital city was called [[Suktimati]] in Sanskrit and Sotthivati-nagara in [[Pali]].<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1923 66">{{Citation|url=https://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00raycuoft|last=Raychaudhuri|first=Hem Chandra|title=Political history of ancient India, from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty|year=1923|page=66}}</ref> In [[Pali]]-language Buddhist texts, it is listed as one of the sixteen [[mahajanapada]]s ("great realms" of northern and central India).<ref>{{Citation|url=https://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00raycuoft|last=Raychaudhuri|first=Hem Chandra|title=Political history of ancient India, from the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty|year=1923|page=67}}</ref> [[Ishwarsena]] alias ''Mahaksatrapa'' Isvardatta,<ref name="H.S. Thosar: The Abhiras in Indian History">{{cite journal |last1=Thosar |first1=H.S. |title=The Abhiras in Indian History |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148188 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |year=1990 |volume=51 |pages=56–65 |publisher=Indian History Congress |jstor=44148188 |access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> the founder of the [[Abhira dynasty]], who seemed to have ruled over a large territory in the [[Deccan]],<ref name="Arun Kumar Sharma">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDluAAAAMAAJ&q=Ishwarsena | title=Heritage of Tansa Valley | publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan | author=Arun Kumar Sharma | year=2004 | pages=33, 92 | isbn=9788180900297}}</ref> started an era to commemorate his ascension,<ref name="H.S. Thosar: The Abhiras in Indian History"/> which became to be known as the [[Kalachuri Era|Kalachuri-Chedi era]].<ref name="H.S. Thosar: The Abhiras in Indian History"/><ref name="Arun Kumar Sharma"/> | ||
According to the [[Mahabharata]], the Chedi Kingdom was ruled by [[Shishupala]], an ally of [[Jarasandha]] of [[Magadha Kingdom|Magadha]] and [[Duryodhana]] of [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]]. He was a rival of [[Krishna in the Mahābhārata|Vasudeva Krishna]] who was his uncle's son. He was killed by [[Krishna in the Mahābhārata|Vasudeva Krishna]] during the [[Rajasuya]] sacrifice of the Pandava king [[Yudhishthira]]. [[Bhima]]'s wife was from Chedi. Prominent Chedis during the [[Kurukshetra War]] included Damaghosha, [[Shishupala]], [[Dhrishtaketu]], Suketu, Sarabha, [[Bhima]]'s wife, [[Nakula]]'s wife Karenumati, Dhrishtaketu's sons. Other Chedis included King Uparichara Vasu, his children, King Suvahu, King Sahaja. It was ruled during early periods by ''Paurava'' kings and later by [[Yadava]] kings in the central part of the country. | According to the [[Mahabharata]], the Chedi Kingdom was ruled by [[Shishupala]], an ally of [[Jarasandha]] of [[Magadha Kingdom|Magadha]] and [[Duryodhana]] of [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]]. He was a rival of [[Krishna in the Mahābhārata|Vasudeva Krishna]] who was his uncle's son. He was killed by [[Krishna in the Mahābhārata|Vasudeva Krishna]] during the [[Rajasuya]] sacrifice of the Pandava king [[Yudhishthira]]. [[Bhima]]'s wife was from Chedi. Prominent Chedis during the [[Kurukshetra War]] included Damaghosha, [[Shishupala]], [[Dhrishtaketu]], Suketu, Sarabha, [[Bhima]]'s wife, [[Nakula]]'s wife Karenumati, Dhrishtaketu's sons. Other Chedis included King Uparichara Vasu, his children, King Suvahu, King Sahaja. It was ruled during early periods by ''Paurava'' kings and later by [[Yadava]] kings in the central part of the country. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The location of the capital city, Suktimati, has not been established with certainty. Historian [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri]] and [[F. E. Pargiter]] believed that it was in the vicinity of [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh]].<ref | The location of the capital city, Suktimati, has not been established with certainty. Historian [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri]] and [[F. E. Pargiter]] believed that it was in the vicinity of [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1923 66"/> Archaeologist [[Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti]] has proposed that Suktimati can be identified as the ruins of a large [[Northern Black Polished Ware|early historical]] city, at a place with the modern-day name Itaha, on the outskirts of [[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{Citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qvY8pxVxcwC|last=Chakrabarti|first=Dilip Kumar|chapter=Mahajanapada States of Early Historic India|title=A Comparative Study of Thirty City-state Cultures: An Investigation|year=2000|editor-last=Hansen|editor-first=Mogens Herman|page=387}}</ref> | ||
== Puranic History == | == Puranic History == | ||