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(Bharatavarsha) Zur Zeit Des Mahabharata / Ramayana 68° 70° 72° 74° 76° 78° 80° 82° 84° 86° 88° 90° Das historische Indien (Bharatavarsha) zur Zeit des Mahabharata / Ramayana 68° 70° 72° 74° 76° 78° 80° 82° 84° 86° 88° 90° N 38° W O 38° Huna Saka S Bahlika Ramatha 8611 36° Darada 36° Bharata besiegt Gandhara Kamboja Mt.Godwin C Harahuna Nishkuta Kapisa 8126 H Skardu (O) Naubandhana I Uraga Kala Yavana Aroosa N Pahlava Yavana Gandhara (N) Yoni Abhisara Varaha Rishika Kabul A Kirata Pushkalavati Khuba Avisari Kasmira Loha Charsadda S Peshawar LohaSindhu (Indus) 34° Parasika Purushapura Takshashila 34° Islamabad (W Sweta Uttara-Jyotisha Kamboja Naga eißer Berg) Suhma Rajavasa Mahetta Reise zum Sweta, Gandhamadanum Arjuna zu treffen Utsava-Sanketa Sumala Amara Pisacha Kekaya ist das Königreich itashta von Bharatas Mutter Kaikeyi V Chandrabhaga Bhalika MBH3.130 Kekaya Hidimba Kimpurusha Dasarna Asikini MBH3.139 Madra Vipasa/Arjikia Kinnara 32° 32° Madhyamakeyas Sakala MBH3.177 Karnata Iravati Trigarta Vadava V Divyakutta Lahore isakhayupa Hemakuta Bhishma erobert Yamunotri Kulinda 19 (Yaksha) Sivi Matta- Madri für Pandu 6656 6040Bhrigutunga Mayuraka Harataka Kailash Arjunas Feldzug Dwarapala Vadari MBH1.1 HarappaTurvasa Bhagirati (Mandara) nach Norden MBH1.1 Vatadhana Parushni Belehrung des MBH3.140 ipasa 13 Manasa Arjunas Exil Mandakini V MBH3.37 MBH3.177MBH2.26 Lackhaus Markandeya im Wald Ganga Satadru Sarasvati Varanavata Saraswata Samantapanchaka Rishikesh Pandus Rückzug K 30° Gangadwara Saugandhika 30° Kamyaka MBH3.5 ChaitrarathaHaridwar in den Wald Sindhu Malava Feldzug nach Kurukshetra I Amvasta Kuru 14 Usinara R MBH1.141 MBH1.1 der AusbildungMBH3.10 [Suvahu] Lhasa Apaga MBH1.147 A MBH1.216 Ahichatra Yaudheya MBH1.141 Arjunas Reise MBH3.1 MBH3.36 Sapta-SaraswatMarsch zum T Pancha Nada MBH3.182 MBH3.95 IkshumalaviPanchala Tangana zu Indra Nagadhanwana großen KriegDrisadvati Hastinapura MBH1.158 A MBH2.29 (N) Dwaitavana NaimishaMBH3.24 Delhi MBH1.140 Indrakila Rohitaka S MBH2.32 Bhimas Feldzug Gandaki Sauvira Dwaita See Indraprastha Nepa Indra Aruna MBH1.209 Sankha nach Osten Rashasi Berge DwaitaNakulasMBH4.5 Feldzug Salaheri Feldzug gegen Mt.Everest Marusthali SubhumikaReise zu VirataMathura wurdeSalibhavana von Naimisha Sarayu 8848 MBH5.152 28° Khandava Drupada 28° Sindhu (Indus) MBH3.130 nach Westen Sadanira Mohenjo-Daro Sudra/Sura Wüste Vinasana (13.Jahr) ShatrughnaUpaplavya gegründet Rama‘s Königreich Sudra Salwa Matsya Madhu Kampilya Kathmandu Kosala Kapilavastu ShuktimantaGosringa Uluka Viratapuri Mathura Gattenwahl Kausiki Kirtika Ujjalaka Surasena Panchala (S)Draupadi Sakya (N) Abhira Wüste Sarasvati Sambhar Yakrilloma Kosala Bhallada Saka Sivodbheda Jaipur Sravasti Devaprastha Sakamvari MBH2.31 Ekachakra Gomati Ayodhya Sankasya Uluka Nishada Patachara Mithila Karatoya Nagodbheda Kichaka Nandi-Grama MBH1.223 Ganga Malla Pragjyotisha Y Gopalakaksha Kausika Lohitya Udapana Pushkara Mrittikavati amuna Videha Kakshar Vetrakiya Kausiki Bharga Kusavati Im KönigreichMBH3.1 von Videha 10 26° Lavanavati Vardhamana 26° Gurjara 12 Suktimati wurde Sita17 geboren Sahadevas Vatsa MBH3.1 Dantipura Champapuri Parnasa Feldzug MBH1.1 Chedi Pratisthana Kausambi Kasi Varanasi Graminiya Chamashodbheda 13 Girivraja nach Süden Kasi MBH1.1 Modagiri Pundra Chitrakuta Prayaga Anga Paundra Charmanwati Ashwa Eroberungsfeldzug von Pandu Karatschi MBH3.95 Magadha Sarasvati Arbuda Karusha Dasarna Im Königreich von Kasi Matsya GayaMahanadi Große Pilgerreise 1722 amra T ohne Arjuna Saraswata Mt.Abu Malava wurde Sumitra geboren Yavana Brahmaputra Prabhasa Kunti Malada Sona GayasiraKikata Hiranyavaha (Brahmayoni) Prasuhma Pandu reist zur Pasubhumi 24° Samatata 24° Suktimati Paripatra Gattenwahl von etravati Dieses Königreich wird Saindhava V Suhma Suktimat Chandraketu übergeben Kunti Riksha Berge Atavi MBH3.1 Kaccha Avanti Ujjayani Sarabhanga 14 Tripura Mahi Kshipra Mekala Kekala Vanga Ahmadabad Karvata Pulinda 1005 Chandrakanta Dwaraka Narmada/Nerbuda/Reva Utkala Kalkutta Anarta Amarakandaka Arjunas entführt Vadodara Heheya Tamralipta V MBH3.120 Rama‘s Mutter Kausalya Subhadra rishni 18 MBH1.220 22° MBH3.1 Mahishmati indhya Bergkette Kosala stammt aus dem südl.Kosala Odra 22° Surashtra Lata V MBH3.121 V (S) Brahmani Mayuragiri Anupa Bhoja Mahanadi aitarani Raivataka Saurashtra Tapati Kundinapuri Sripura 14 MBH3.1 Arjunas heiratet (Ujjayanta) MBH1.217 Bhojakata Taitilaka Chitrangada Prabhasa Vidarbha Payoshni V V Manipura Treffen mit Krishna Dandaka arada enna und Balarama Saivala Wald Sabara Sisupalapuri Sanjayanti Ravana‘s Kommandant Khara Panchavati Dandaka regiert über JanasthanaVakataka 20° 18 Kalinga 20° MahendraMBH3.1 Surparaka 1646 Janasthana Kalubai Samapa Godavari 1501 Mumbai Sahya (Bombay) Konkana Mahendram Asmaka Godavari Gokarna 1680 Arma Konda 18° Dandaka Wald 18° Mhabaleswara Bhima Hyderabad Telinga Krishnaveni Krishnaveni Sahya Karavira Indrakila Kuntala Talakata 16° 16° In Kishkindha trifft Andhraka ungavena Rama auf die Varnas Paschima/Apara Gomantaka T Kishkindha Rishyamuka Pinaki Purva Gomanta Kishkindha Samudra Gokarna Pampa Samudra Karanataka Sahya Chitravati 14° edavati 14° Vanavasi V Dravida Chennai Tulunga Bangalore (Madras) Mahishaka Kanchi 1608 Malyavat 12° Mushika Brahmagiri Mit der Varna Armee marschiert 12° (Kolaputra) Rama nach Lanka Kaveri Chola Srirangam Malaya Vaigai Madura 10° Kritamala 10° Pandya T Kerala amraparniSabarigiri (Chera) Agastyakuta 1869 Mahendragiri Sinhala 1654 Mainaka 8° Kanya Kumari Suvelagiri 8° Hanuman‘s Sprung vom (Subala) Nikumbhila Mahendra nach Suvela Lankapuri Lanka Colombo 2524 Trikuta 4° 4° 68° 70° 72° 74° 76° 78° 80° 82° 84° 86° 88° 90° 0 100 200 300 400 500km www.pushpak.de Zur Information: Diese Karte ist auf der Basis der Texte des Ramayana und Mahabharata sowie folgender Quellen entstanden: Jijith Nadumuri Ravi: ancientvoice.wikidot.com Schwartzberg, Joseph E.: A Historical Atlas of South Asia (1978) Bhagwan Singh Suryavanshi: Geography of the Mahabharata (1986) Man muß allerdings bemerken, daß gerade das Mahabharata nur wenig zum Kategorisieren bzw. Kartographieren geeignet ist. Dafür ist das Werk viel zu lebendig (bzw. geistig) und das sollte wohl auch so bleiben, damit der Geist genügend Raum hat, sich zu entfalten. Wenn hier trotzdem der Versuch unternommen wurde, dann möge das nur zu einer groben Übersicht dienen, welche eigentlich voller Fragezeichen sein müßte. Denn nach einigen Tausend Jahren sind verständlicherweise nicht einmal die Verläufe der Flüsse mehr zuverlässig, von den vielen Namen ganz zu schweigen. Zur Bedienung: Diese Karte besteht aus mehreren Ebenen, welche sich im Ebenenmanager des PDF Viewers beliebig ein- und ausschalten lassen. Die unteren Ebenen enthalten die geographischen Elemente, während die oberen Ebenen verschiedene Reisen und Feldzüge der Helden des Mahabharatas und Ramayanas darstellen. Kontakt: Für Hinweise und Korrekturvorschläge sind wir jederzeit dankbar. Am einfachsten eine E-Mail an jensJpushpak.de [J=@]. Bearbeitungsstand: 24.08.2012.
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