Anupa is a kingdom mentioned in the epic

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. It lay to the north west of

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, in what is now Maharashtra . It was founded by the races from the western kingdoms like

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and Kamboja

References in Mahabharata

Anupa mentioned as a kingdom of Ancient India (Bharata Varsha)

....the Upavrittas, the Anupa Vrittas, the Surashatras, Kekayas; the Kutas, the Maheyas, the Kakshas, the Samudranishkutas; the Andhras (6,9)

Anupa, in the line of Daksha

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Kasyapa Kashyapa ( sa, कश्यप}, ) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism., Quote: "Kasyapa (Rudra),(Vedic Seer)..." He is one of the Saptarishis, the seven ancient sages of the ''Rigveda''. Kashyapa is the most ancient and venerated rishi, al ...

, the son of sage Marichi. Anupa was one of her daughters. (1,65)

King named Paschimanupaka

That best of Asuras who was known as Mritapa became on earth, the monarch, Pascimanupaka.(1,67)

Anupa Raja in Yudhishthira's court

Ketumata, Vasudana, and Vaideha and Kritakshana: Sudharman, Aniruddha, Srutayu endued with great strength; the invincible Anupa Raja (king of Anupa), the handsome Karmajit; Shishupala with his son, the king of Karusha; and the invincible youths of the Vrishni race, all these kings were present in

Yudhishthira ''Yudhishthira'' (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: ''Yudhiṣṭhira'') is the eldest among the five Pandava brothers. He is mentioned in the ancient epic Mahabharata. He was sired by King Pandu of the Kuru Dynasty and his firs ...

's newly built court at his capital Indraprastha. (2,4)

Anupas in Kurukshetra War

The ruler of the Dasarnas, and the Prayagas, with the Daserakas, and the Anupakas, and the Kiratas were placed in the neck of the military configuration of the name ''Krauncharuma'' (of the shape of a bird) of the

Pandavas The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) refers to the five legendary brothers— Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva—who are the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. They are acknowledge ...

, on day two of Kurukshetra War. (6,50)

References

* Kisari Mohan Ganguli, ''The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose'', 1883–1896.

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