In the
Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the K ...
, Kinnara Kingdom is referred to the territory of a tribe called Kinnaras. The Kinnaras, along with other
exotic tribes, were inhabitants of the
Himalaya
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
mountains. In the epic Mahabharata the Kinnaras are described as half-man and half-horse beings, living at
Mount Mandara
Mandara ( sa, मन्दर, मन्दार; ) is the name of the mountain that appears in the Samudra Manthana episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk. Shiva's serpent, Vasuki, offered ...
.
[Mahabharata,(1-18,66), (2-10), (3-82,84,104,108,139,200,223,273) (4-70), (5-12), (7-108,160), (8-11), (9-46) , (12- 168,227,231,302,327,334, (13-58,83,87,140), (14-43,44,88,92).]
See also
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Kingdoms of Ancient India
References
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Further reading
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Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the K ...
of
Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Kingdoms in the Mahabharata
Himalayan kingdoms (Puranas)