Gandhari is a character in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. In the epic, she was an incarnation of Mati, as the daughter of Subala, the king of Gandhara, a region spanning northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, from which her name is derived.... is a character in the India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world.... n epic, the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetrys of History of India, the other being the '. The epic is part of the Hindu itihasa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology.... .
Gandhari was a north-western prakrit spoken in Gandhara. Like all prakrits, it is thus descended from either Vedic Sanskrit or a closely related prior language.... was a north-western prakrit
Prakrit
Prakrit refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. The Prakrits became literary languages, generally patronized by kings identified with the Kshatriya caste, but were regarded as illegitimate by the Brahmin orthodoxy.... spoken in Gandhara
Gandhara
Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom , located in northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the vale of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River.... .
The Gandharis are a tribe attested from the Rigveda and later texts.According to Zimmer, they lived on the Kubha river in Vedic times. In later times, they formed a part of the Persian empire.... people, who lived in Gandhara
Gandhara
Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom , located in northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the vale of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River....
