Indraprastha

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Indraprastha ( Sanskrit : इन्‍द्रप्रस्‍थ; 'City of Indras') is a city ​​mentioned in the Mahabharata and other ancient Indian texts.

Lore

According to the Mahabharata, Indraprastha was the capital of the legendary Pandava empire; the Pandavas were the five sons ( Yudhishthira , Bhima and Arjuna as well as the twins Nakula and Sahadeva ) of the founder of the dynasty Pandu , who was unable to procreate due to a curse. At the behest of Pandu, his wives Kunti and Madri were made pregnant by different gods. The Pandavas founded and visited numerous cities in their territory before the story leads to a dispute with their cousins, the Kauravas , which was decided in the great battle of Kurukshetra .

Localization

Indraprastha has been located in the Delhi area since ancient times . There is evidence that the area of ​​the 'Old Fort' ( Purana Qila ) has been associated with Indraprastha since the 14th century, and in 1913 there was a village here called Indrapat . Excavations in the 1950s and 1970s unearthed shards of pottery dating back to around 1000 BC. Can be dated, but the findings are generally rather poor, so that the legendary still clearly overlays the verifiable. New excavations are planned for 2014 by the Archaeological Survey of India ...

museum

In 1997 the Indian Archaeological Society opened the Indraprastha Museum of Art & Archeology , but it is located in a high-rise building in a suburb of Delhi (B-17, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-16) and is currently mainly with finds employed from other regions of India.

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