Dandakaranya
Dandakaranya (), also rendered Dandaka (, IAST: ), is a historical region and the name of a forest mentioned in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. It covers about of land, which includes the Abujhmar Hills in the west and borders the Eastern Ghats in the east, including regions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Telangana states. It spans about from north to south and about from east to west.
Key facts
- Forest.name
- Dandakaranya
- Forest.region
- Bastar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Telangana
- Forest.country
- India
- Forest.area
- 92,200 km2
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Dandakaranya (), also rendered Dandaka (, IAST: ), is a historical region and the name of a forest mentioned in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. It covers about of land, which includes the Abujhmar Hills in the west and borders the Eastern Ghats in the east, including regions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Telangana states. It spans about from north to south and about from east to west.
==Etymology== Dandakaranya means "the Dandaka forest" in Sanskrit, the abode of the rakshasa Dandaka. It was the site of the Danda kingdom in Hindu puranic history, a stronghold of the rakshasa tribes. It was a state of the Lanka kingdom under the reign of Ravana. Ravana's governor Khara ruled this province.