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Marathi literature is the body of literature of Marathi,an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and written in the Devanagari and Modi script.
Jalna district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in western India. Jalna town is the district headquarters. The district is part of Aurangabad division.
The Yadava were an ancient Indian people who believed to be descended from Yadu,a legendary king of Chandravamsha lineage.
Sanskritisation is a term in sociology which refers to the process by which castes or tribes placed lower in the caste hierarchy seek upward mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the dominant castes or upper castes. It is a process similar to "passing" in sociological terms. This term was made popular by Indian sociologist M. N. Srinivas in the 1950s. Sanskritisation has in particular been observed among mid-ranked members of caste-based social hierarchies.
Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is 1,646 km2 (636 sq mi).
Kosala,sometimes spelled Kosla,is a Marathi novel by Indian writer Bhalchandra Nemade,published in 1963. Regarded as Nemade's magnum opus,and accepted as a modern classic of Marathi literature,the novel uses the autobiographical form to narrate the journey of a young man,Pandurang Sangvikar,and his friends through his college years.
Solapur district is a district in Maharashtra state of India. The city of Solapur is the district headquarters. It is located on the south east edge of the state and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena basins. The entire district is drained by the Bhima River.
Anarta is a Vedic period kingdom of ancient India described in the Mahabharata,roughly forming the northern Gujarat state of India. It was founded by the father of Vaivasvata Manu and Yama,named Anarta. He built a fortress at Kusasthali (Dvaraka),which was later flooded by Varuna. The place remained then for some time as a forest land,before Krishna and the Yadavas went there and built Dvaraka. It was then ruled by Yadavas after they fled from Mathura of Surasena kingdom,due to the attacks of Jarasandha,the king of Magadha. The Yadava chiefs like Vasudeva Krishna,Bala Rama,Kritavarma and Satyaki,ruled this kingdom under their king Ugrasena. In Mahabharata,Dwaraka is considered as a capital city of Anarta kingdom. But some other ancient texts like Mahabhagavata,mentions Dwaraka and Anarta as two independent kingdoms. As per the Purana viz. Bhagavata Purana,Bala Rama's wife Revati was from this kingdom.
Gomanta was a kingdom mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. It was an extension of the kingdom of Yadavas at Dwaraka. It is identified to be the Goa state of India,situated in the western coast. It was the southernmost extent of the region,occupied by the Yadava clans,finding explicit mention in Mahabharata.
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata,Krishna is the son of the Yaduvamsha chief Vasudeva and his wife Devaki. He is also widely known by his epithet,Vāsudeva.
The Seuna,Sevuna,or Yadavas of Devagiri was a medieval Indian dynasty,which at its peak ruled a realm stretching from the Narmada river in the north to the Tungabhadra river in the south,in the western part of the Deccan region. Its territory included present-day Maharashtra,northern Karnataka and parts of Madhya Pradesh,from its capital at Devagiri.
Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade is an Indian Marathi language writer,poet,critic and linguistic scholar. Beginning with his debut novel Kosala,Nemade brought new dimensions to the world of Marathi literature. This was followed by a tetralogy consisting of novels Bidhar,Hool,Jareela and Jhool. In 2013,Nemade published his magnum opus titled Hindu:Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal which is regarded as his masterpiece. Nemade is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award as well as the Jnanapith Award,the highest literary honour in India. In 2013,he was awarded the Padma Shri.
Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite,peasant-pastoral communities or castes in India that since the 19th and 20th centuries have claimed descent from the legendary king Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence. The term "Yadav" is now commonly used as a surname by peasant-pastoral communities,such as the Ahir of the Hindi belt and the Gavli of Maharashtra.
Bhalchandra Laxman Mungekar is an Indian economist,educationist,social worker and Rajya Sabha member. He specialises in agricultural economics and is an expert on B. R. Ambedkar.
R Gopalakrishnan is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Madurai constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2014 election.
Jyeshtharaj Bhalchandra Joshi is an Indian chemical engineer,nuclear scientist,consultant and professor,widely known for his innovations in nuclear reactor designs and generally regarded as a respected teacher. He is the DAE-Homi Bhabha Chair Professor,Homi Bhabha National Institute,Mumbai,and is the recipient of Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Sciences and many other awards and recognitions. He received the third highest civilian honour,the Padma Bhushan,in 2014 for his services to the field of chemical engineering and nuclear science.
Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit was an Indian physician and pharmacologist. He was the first director of AIIMS,New Delhi. He obtained an M.B.B.S. in 1925 from Bombay University and a D.P.H. from Calcutta University in 1925. He gained both an M.R.C.P.E. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1934 from the University of Edinburgh.
Annette Schmiedchen is a German author,scholar of Sanskrit epigraphy,indologist,a researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin and a member of faculty of Indology at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. She is the author of several articles on Indian heritage and Culture and the book,Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat:Die Inschriftenkultur der Rastrakutas,Silaharas und Yadavas,the 17th book released under the series,Gonda Indological Studies by Brill Publishers. The Government of India honoured her in 2015 with the award of Padma Shri,the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
Ramachandra,also known as Ramadeva,was a ruler of the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty of Deccan region in India. He seized the throne from his cousin Ammana,after staging a coup in the capital Devagiri. He expanded the Yadava realm by fighting his neighbours such as the Paramaras,the Vaghelas,the Hoysalas,and the Kakatiyas.