Ravana was the most famous Rakshasa who ruled from the Trikuta mountains of Lanka where the climatic conditions were similar to Himalayas. Many Rakshasas like Khara ruled under Ravana, at different places in ancient Indian mainland. Khara's kingdom was in south-central India, in a dense forest named Dandaka.
Kingdom of Ghatotkacha
Ghatotkacha was a Rakshasa born of the Pandava Bhima and the Rakshasa woman Hidimbi. Rakshasa Ghatotkacha's kingdom, Kamyaka Forest, was near the Kuru kingdom.Ghatotkacha and his kingdom participated in the Kurukshetra War. In Bhishma's judgment, Ghatotkacha was a leader of the leaders of car-divisions (5:173). Ghatotkacha fought against other Rakshasa tribes on the side of the Kauravas. Alambusa and Alayudha were the main Rakshasa opponents of Ghatotkacha (7:1715) and were slain by him during the night war on the fourteenth day of the war. Ghatotkacha's son Anjanaparvan was slain by Ashwatthama. Ghatotkacha was slain by Karna.
rakshasa, kingdom, refers, territory, rakshasas, were, tribe, mentioned, along, with, others, like, devas, including, rudras, maruts, vasus, adityas, asuras, including, daityas, danavas, kalakeyas, pisachas, gandharvas, kimpurushas, vanaras, suparnas, kinnaras. Rakshasa Kingdom refers to the territory of Rakshasas who were a tribe mentioned along with others like Devas including Rudras Maruts Vasus and Adityas Asuras including Daityas Danavas and Kalakeyas Pisachas Gandharvas Kimpurushas Vanaras Suparnas Kinnaras Bhutas and Yakshas Rakshasas were described to have large bodies probably due to their continuous life in cold climates over snow covered mountains The forefathers of the famous Rakshasa king Ravana lived along with the Yakshas The Yaksha king Kubera was the elder brother of Rakshasa king Ravana Ravana had many sons among Gandharva wives The two epics Mahabharata and Ramayana and many Puranas attest that Rakshasas Yakshas and Gandharvas were related and had inter marriages Contents 1 References in Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 1 Kingdom of Ravana 1 2 Kingdom of Ghatotkacha 2 See also 3 ReferencesReferences in Ramayana and Mahabharata EditKingdom of Ravana Edit Main article Lanka Kingdom Ravana was the most famous Rakshasa who ruled from the Trikuta mountains of Lanka where the climatic conditions were similar to Himalayas Many Rakshasas like Khara ruled under Ravana at different places in ancient Indian mainland Khara s kingdom was in south central India in a dense forest named Dandaka Kingdom of Ghatotkacha Edit Ghatotkacha was a Rakshasa born of the Pandava Bhima and the Rakshasa woman Hidimbi Rakshasa Ghatotkacha s kingdom Kamyaka Forest was near the Kuru kingdom Ghatotkacha and his kingdom participated in the Kurukshetra War In Bhishma s judgment Ghatotkacha was a leader of the leaders of car divisions 5 173 Ghatotkacha fought against other Rakshasa tribes on the side of the Kauravas Alambusa and Alayudha were the main Rakshasa opponents of Ghatotkacha 7 1715 and were slain by him during the night war on the fourteenth day of the war Ghatotkacha s son Anjanaparvan was slain by Ashwatthama Ghatotkacha was slain by Karna See also EditKingdoms of Ancient India Exotic Tribes of Ancient India Lanka Kingdom Danda Kingdom Kishkindha Kingdom Gandharva Kingdom Danda KingdomReferences EditMahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rakshasa Kingdom amp oldid 1055008627, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
