Historical Background and Present Situation of Tripura | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The history of the Tripura mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. Turning to the Mahabharata we find that Yudhisthira sent fort conquer and bring to tribute the lesser kings. In the Sabha Parva, chapter XXXI, the sixteenth verse, we read that Sahadeva, the younger brother of Yudhisthira among others, conquered the “immeasurable effulgent Tripura”. This epithet “immeasurable effulgent” clearly proves that Tripura was Kshatriya, as only such ever had this epithet applied to them. The use of the expression “immeasurably effulgent” applied to Tripura shows beyond dispute or Cavil that king of Tripura was recognized Kshatriya of the Royal Warrior Caste at least 600 years before Christ in Vyasa’s time. That the Rajput princes, though popularly considered the most ancient and honorable of all reigning Feudatory Rulers in India, only came into power as rulers about 750 to 950 A.D. or almost 1200 years after the Tripura kings are cited in at least distinct and far apart verses of the Mahabharata by Vyasa 2500 years ago.