Talk:Nagaraja

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Wikified as part of the wikification drive. However, not all of the article makes sense, especially the last sentence. Removed wikify tag abd added cleanup tag. KarenAnn 15:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Tibet?

Nāgarāja "King of the nāga" (Sanskrit: नागराज nāgarāja; Wylie: klu'i rgyal po) ...

That last is Tibetan, I guess? Strange to give a transliteration from Tibetan without showing the Tibetan script, particularly when the article nowhere mentions Tibet otherwise. I'm gonna take it out; as it is, it misleadingly suggests that klu'i rgyal po is an alternate transliteration of नागराज. —Tamfang (talk) 19:22, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Why you deleted

read the book then talk Mohit atulkar (talk) 11:31, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok, after 5 edits you ended up with the below. Johnbod (talk) 12:22, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello this is nagraja he is king sheshnaag of vidisha ==

He is a king of nagvansh he is a nagvanshi raja his name is sesnag please improve your information Mohit atulkar (talk) 01:04, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Historical Sources

Mahavamsa and Lalitavistara – Buddhist texts

Excavation of Ahar – Sankalia

History of Rajputana – Gaurishankar Jha

Buddhist India – David Rhys

Early Stone Sculpture of Mathura – Sonya Rhie Mohit atulkar (talk) 01:04, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Introduction to Nagavansh

Naag means black, that is, people of black colour. The symbol of Nagavanshis was a black snake. For this reason, later scholars made Naga mean snake.

People of Nagavansh are known by many names like - Naga, Airavat, Anant, Ahi,

Pani, Mani, Phani, Kala, Padma, Dharman, Varman, Chand, Nanda, Ditya, Taksha, Data, Thak etc.

Naagvanshis have been addressed in the Vedas by the name of Daitya, Asura, Rakshasa, Yaksha, Danav. In Mahayani texts, Asuras and Yakshas have been described as the helpers of Bodhisattvas.

Evidence of snake worship can be seen in India even today.

The festival of Nag Panchami was the most famous festival of Naga kings, which is still prevalent in the whole of India.

There were many great kings in the Nagavansh who are still addressed by the name of Naga Devta. Their worship in the form of snake can be seen in India even today.

The worship of the snake god is so common in India that in most of the ancient idols and temples, the figures of snakes are clearly visible, which automatically proves that these idols were definitely related to the Nagavanshi kings at some point of time.

Many big cities in India are still named after the Nagavanshi kings, like Nagpur, Nagda, Nagaur, Anantnag etc.

The word Nagar also originated from Nag, which means the place where Naga kings lived. This is why big cities are still addressed as Nagar.

It was the Nagavanshis who started the practice of building big canals in India.

The Harappan civilization was the civilization of the Nagavanshis, because matriarchy was prevalent in it. Matriarchy is considered to be the identity of the Nagavanshis.

History of the previous Nagavanshi dynasty

The Nagavanshi dynasty was the oldest dynasty of India. In Indian history, the Naga dynasty is known by other names like Haryanka dynasty, Shakya/Okkaku, Koliya, Malla, Videha, Lichchhavi, Shishunaga dynasty, Nanda dynasty, Moriya dynasty etc.

These dynasties are considered to be the descendants of the ancient Naga kings.

Indian history begins with the Haryanka dynasty or Pitrhanta dynasty of King Bimbisara of Magadha.

The names Haryanka and Pitrhanta given to the dynasty of King Bimbisara are fictitious names given by historians, while the real name of this dynasty is Nagavansha.

In Indian history, the history of 7 kings of Haryanka dynasty, Bimbisara, Ajatasattu, Udayan, Aniruddha, Mund, Dassaka and Nagadasaka is taught.

The name of the last king of the Haryanka dynasty was Nagadasaka, whose name itself has the word Naga attached to it. It is clearly visible that the kings of this dynasty were Nagavanshi.

The last king of the Haryanka dynasty, Nagadasak, was dethroned from the throne of Magadha by another Nagavanshi, Sisunag.

A new dynasty, Shishunag, started in Magadha, which was a dynasty of Nagavanshis.

After the Shishunag dynasty, the Nanda dynasty arose, whose kings used to add the words Nanda and Padma in their names, which were the names of the Nagavanshis.

After the Nanda dynasty, the Moriya dynasty arose. During the reign of Ashoka, coins called Paan or Pano were in circulation, which means that the Moriya dynasty was also a dynasty of Nagavanshis. Evidence of this can also be seen in many texts.

In the Sangam literature of the south, the Moriya kings have been described as descendants of the Nagas.

In the ancient literature and inscriptions of Rajputana too, the Moriya kings have been described as belonging to the Naga caste, which led to the rise of the Parmar dynasty. In Mahavansh, Shakyas are said to belong to Suriya dynasty (Surya dynasty and Okkaku (Ikshwaku) clan.

According to Parinibbana Sutta of Dighanikaya, Koliyas of Ramgam were Nagavanshi weavers.

According to Lalitavistara and Mahavastu, Shakya Muni Buddha is said to be Naga of Okkaku i.e. Ikshwaku clan.

Those Nagavanshi Ikshwaku were known as Shakya, Koliya, Malla, Lichchhavi, Moriya.

 History of later Nagavansh

Information about Nagavanshi kings of Vidisha is known from the coins of Data kings of Mathura.

Among the later Naga kings, Anantnag i.e. Sheshnag is considered to be the most powerful.

Sheshnag had made his capital in Vidisha.

Sheshnag's reign is believed to be between 110 BC and 90 BC.

The real name of Sheshnag is Sesano or Sheshdaata, which historians call Sheshnag. They write in the name of Sheshdatta, which is completely false.

After Sheshnag, his son Bhogin became the king of Vidisha whose reign was between 90 BC to 80 BC.

King Bhogin was called the king who destroyed cities.

After Bhogin, the king of Vidisha was Ramchand who is also known as Sadachand.

Ramchand's reign was between 80 BC to 50 BC.

After Ramchand, the king of Vidisha was Dhamma Varman whose reign was between 50 BC to 40 BC.

After Dhamma Varman, the king of Vidisha was Vangara whose reign was between 40 BC to

31 BC. .

During the reign of Vangara, the Satavahana kings captured Vidisha due to which they had to flee from there and made Pavaya or Padmavati their capital.

After Vangara, Bhutanand became the king of Pavaya whose reign was between 20 BC and 10 BC.

After Bhutanand, Sisunand became the king of Pavaya whose reign was between 10 BC and 25 AD.

After Sisunand, Yasanand became the king whose reign is unknown.

After Yasanand, Purushdata, Uttamdata, Kamdata, Bhavadata and finally Sivadata became the king of Pavaya which was subjugated by the Kushans in 78 AD.

Historical Sources

• Mahavansha and Lalitavistara - Buddhist texts *Excavation of Ahar - Sankalia
• History of Rajputana -History of Rajputana - Gaurishankar Jha
• Buddhist India - David Rhys
• History of Early Stone Sculpture in Mathura - Sonya Rhys

Mohit atulkar (talk) 13:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC)