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Videha ((サンスクリット:विदेह)) was an ancient South Asian kingdom, located in what is now Mithila federal region in eastern Terai of Nepal and the northern Indian state of Bihar. During the late Vedic period (c.850-500 BCE), it became a dominant political and cultural centre of South Asia.〔Michael Witzel (1989), ''Tracing the Vedic dialects'' in ''Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes'' ed. Caillat, Paris, 97–265.〕 Late Vedic literature such as the ''Shatapatha Brahmana'' and the ''Brihadaranyaka Upanishad'' both mention Janaka (c. 7th century BCE) as a great philosopher-king of Videha, renowned for his patronage of Vedic culture and philosophy, and whose court was an intellectual centre for Brahmin sages such as Yajnavalkya.〔H. C. Raychaudhuri (1972), ''Political History of Ancient India and Nepal'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.41–52〕 Towards the end of the Vedic period (c. 500 BCE), Videha was absorbed into the Vajji confederation and subsequently into the Magadha empire.〔Geoffrey Samuel, (2010) ''The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century'', Cambridge University Press, pp. 58〕〔H.C. Raychaudhuri (1972), pp. 70-76〕 The Videha kingdom is also mentioned in the Sanskrit epics, the ''Mahabharata'' and the ''Ramayana''. The latter mentions a marriage alliance between the kingdoms of Kosala and Videha.〔Raychaudhuri (1972)〕 The capital of Videha was in Dhanusa district, identified with the modern town of Janakpur in Southern Nepal.〔Raychaudhuri (1972)〕 == See also == *Vedic Civilization *Kuru, Panchala, Kosala *Kingdoms of Ancient India *Kingdom of Nepal *Mithila, Nepal 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Videha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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