King Vishal
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King Vishal was a king of ancient India, son of Ikshwaku
queen Alambusha. Vaishali
is supposed to have got its name from King Visal, who ruled on this land. It was named Vishalapuri after the king. With time the name changed to Vaishali.
The name of King Vishal is also mentioned in one of the Puranas
as well as the Mahabharata
.
Ikshwaku
Ikshwakus were a mythical dynasty of rulers of ancient India, which branched out from the Solar Dynasty. They ruled from the Kosala Kingdom with Ayodhya as their capital. The two Indian epics, viz. Ramayana and Mahabharata have numerous mentions of this dynasty. The most famous among all the...
queen Alambusha. Vaishali
Vaishali
Vaishali may refer to:* Vaishali , an ancient city located in current Vaishali District, Bihar, India* Vaishali district, a district in Bihar, India* Vaishali , a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, India...
is supposed to have got its name from King Visal, who ruled on this land. It was named Vishalapuri after the king. With time the name changed to Vaishali.
The name of King Vishal is also mentioned in one of the Puranas
Puranas
The Puranas are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.Puranas...
as well as the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
.