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Dakshina Kosala or Southern Kosala was a colony of Kosala kings

identified as ruling Chhattisgarh state and the Western Odisha

region of India. The Hindu avatar Rama's mother Kausalya came

from this kingdom.

Contents

1 History1.1 Sahadeva's military campaigns

2 See also3 References4 External links

History

In ancient Indian literature as well as the epic  Ramayana,

ahabharata and P urana s there are many references to the ancient

Kosala Kingdom of northern India. Surya Vanshi Ikshvaku dynasty

kings ruled Kosala with Ayodhya as their capital. Sri Ram Chandra

was a king of that clan, based on whose character and activities, the  Ramayana was written. This work 

mentions that after Rama, the kingdom was divided among his two sons, Lava and Kusha. North Kosalawent to Lava as his shar e with Shravasti Nagari as his capital while Kusha received South Kosala. He

established his new capital, Kushasthalipura on the riverKushavrate near the Vindhya mountain range,

which divides north and south India. Kushasthalipura is identif ied as near Malhar in the present-day

Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh state. South Kosal was spread across present day Chhattisgarh state and

the Western Odisha region. In the course of time, Dakshin (South) Kosal developed as a mighty empire

and for various reasons, mainly because of the rise of the kingdoms of Magadha and Kashi, North Kosal

 became weaker and eventually disappeared.

Sahadeva's military campaigns

Sahadeva targeted the kingdoms in the regions south of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Vanquishing the

invincible Bhismaka, Sahadeva then defeated the king of Kosala in battle and the ruler of the territories

lying on the banks of the Venwa, as well as the Kantarakas and the kings of the eastern Kosalas.[1]

See also

Kingdoms of Ancient IndiaKosala Kingdom

References

1. Mahabharata, Book 2, Chapter 30

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