Kosala (or Kosala ) is a slave-owning state in ancient India, on the territory of the former Aude (now the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ), and South-Western Nepal .
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It played an important role in political and economic life in Northern India in the VI — V centuries BC. e. Mentioned in Indian sources among 16 “great states,” or mahajanapad . Kosala especially increased in the 6th century BC. e. during the reign of King Prasenage , who, through diplomacy and war, subordinated Kashi and a number of other areas.
According to Buddhist writings, Kosala also captured the territory of Shakya , from which the Buddha traditionally came. This war was extremely bloody and ended with the almost complete destruction of Shakya. After a long struggle, Kosala was subordinated to Magadha . Then it became part of the empire Mauryev .
Literature
- Bose A. "Social and rural economy of Northern India, cir.600 BC-200A.D.", V.1-2, Calcutta 1942-45.
- Karyagin KN "Buddha" (in the book "Buddha. Confucius. Savonarola. Torquemada. Loyola", St. Petersburg 1998).
Links
- Koshala // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Koshala // Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 t.] / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov . - M .: The Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.