Abhira Kingdom

Abhira Kingdom
Abhira Kingdom
Religion	Bhagavata
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Early Mahajanapada (Mahabharata)
Today part of	Pakistan; India

The Abhira kingdom in the Mahabharata is either of two kingdoms near the Sarasvati river. It was dominated by the Abhiras, sometimes referred to as Surabhira^[1]^[2]^[3] also, combining both Sura and Abhira kingdoms. Modern day Abhira territory lies within Northern areas of Gujarat and Southern Rajasthan, India.^[4]

^ Garg, Gaṅgā Rām (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World. Concept Publishing Company. p. 113. ISBN 978-81-7022-374-0.
^ The Vishnu Purana a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition Translated from the Original Sanskrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puranas by the Late H.H. Wilson: 2. Trubner. 1865. p. 133.
^ Atkinson, Edwin T. (1 January 1874). Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 360. The Suras and Abhiras' are associated together in the Mahābhārata and Harivansa and appear to have been a pastoral people in the upper portion of the north-western Panjāb represented by the Ahirs and Gwalas of the present day.
^ Numismatic Society of India (1991). The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India. Vol. 53. ISSN 0029-6066.

[1] Garg, Gaṅgā Rām (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World. Concept Publishing Company. p. 113. ISBN 978-81-7022-374-0.

[2] The Vishnu Purana a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition Translated from the Original Sanskrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puranas by the Late H.H. Wilson: 2. Trubner. 1865. p. 133.

[3] Atkinson, Edwin T. (1 January 1874). Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-western Provinces of India. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 360. The Suras and Abhiras' are associated together in the Mahābhārata and Harivansa and appear to have been a pastoral people in the upper portion of the north-western Panjāb represented by the Ahirs and Gwalas of the present day.

[google-4] Numismatic Society of India (1991). The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India. Vol. 53. ISSN 0029-6066.

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