Virata Kingdom

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Matsya Viratnagar in the Mahajanpad period

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 and Dwaita. It was also known as Virata Nagari, modern Bairat in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan. Akhnoor, a town in Jammu and Kashmir is also considered by some as the Virat Nagar.^[1] Upaplavya was another city in this kingdom where the Pandavas and their allies camped before the beginning of the great Kurukshetra War.

King Virata and his sons took part in the great war and perished. Virata's daughter Uttara married Arjuna's son Abhimanyu and gave birth to Parikshit who later became the Kuru king after the reign of the Pandavas. 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.

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↑ Akhnoor: Caught in a time warp - The Hindu

Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

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[1] Akhnoor: Caught in a time warp - The Hindu

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v t e Mahabharata
Books (parvas)	Adi Sabha Vana Virata Udyoga Bhishma Drona Karna Shalya Sauptika Stri Shanti Anushasana Ashvamedhika Ashramavasika Mausala Mahaprasthanika Svargarohana Harivamsa
Kuru Kingdom	Shantanu Ganga Bhishma Satyavati Chitrāngada Vichitravirya Ambika Ambalika Vidura Dhritarashtra Gandhari Pandu Kunti Madri Pandavas Yudhisthira Bhima Arjuna Nakula Sahadeva Draupadi Hidimbi Ulupi Chitrāngadā Subhadra Kauravas Duryodhana Dushasana Vikarna Yuyutsu Dushala Upapandavas Ghatotkacha Abhimanyu Uttarā Laxman Kumara Lakshmanaa Jyotsyana Arohi Kauravas' wives Mayuri Bhanumati Nirjara Shweta Parikshit Janamejaya
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