gandhar hindoo pauranik granth mahabharat ke anusar ek desh hai, jisamean sindhu aur kunar nadi se lekar kabul nadi tak ka pradesh aur peshavar tatha multan sammilit haian.
- is pradesh ka ullekh mahabharat aur ashok ke shilalekhoan mean milata hai.
- mahabharat ke anusar maharaj dhritarashtr ki rani aur duryodhan ki mata gaandhari gaandhar ki hi rajakumari thian.
- ajakal yah pakistan ke ravalapiandi aur peshavar ziloan ka kshetr hai. 'takshashila' aur 'pushkalavati' yahian ke prasiddh nagar the.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 44 |
sanbandhit lekh
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