Karusha Kingdom
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The Karusha Kingdom is one of the
References in Mahabharata
Karusha was mentioned as a kingdom of ancient India (Bharata Varsha) along with the Kuntalas, the Kasi-kosalas, the Chedis, the Bhojas. (6,9)
Alliance with Yadavas, Chedis and Magadhas
Alliance with the Yadavas
- Karusha king is mentioned as attending the self-choice of Yadavaheroes.(1,188)
Alliance with the Chedis
- Karusha king came to Yadavaheroes(2,4)
Alliance with the Magadhas
- The mighty Vaka, the king of the Karushas, capable of fighting by putting forth his powers of illusion, waiteth, upon Jarasandha, as his disciple. The Karusha king Dantavakra also wait upon Magadha. (2,14)
Dispute with Chedi King Shishupala
- Chedi king Shishupala, disguising himself in the attire of the king of Karusha, ravished the innocent Bhadra, the princess of Visala, the intended bride of king Karusha. (This Karusha is certainly not Dantavakra, Shishupala's friend). (2,44)
Karusha region on the sea coast
Karusha was also a type of tree (3,111). Karusha region was probably the regions where these trees grew in abundance
Kiratas (hunter-gatherers) armed with cruel weapons and ever engaged in cruel deeds, eating of fruits and roots and attired in skins and living on the northern slopes of the Himavat and on the eastern mountains and in the region of Karusha on the sea-coast (possibly in the sea coast of Bangladesh) and on both sides of the Lohitya mountains (Lohit, Arunachal Pradesh. They brought tribute to Pandava king Yudhishthira.(2,51)
Karushas in Kurukshetra War
The assembled kings of the
Other armies allied with the
Other References
- A virtuous and truthful king of Kasiand Karusha was called a mad dog for having renounced his territories and riches! (3,25)
- At (1,67) Karushaka tribe was linkied with the Asura clan called Krodhaveshas
- One of the sons of Manu was named Karusha. (1.75)
- There was a sage named Karusha who dwelled in the western kingdoms. (12,207)
References
- Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose, 1883-1896.
