kuru
shreemadbhaagvata evam vishnu puraan ke anusaar brahma ji ki vanshaavali ke raaja ajameedh ki peedhi mein kuru raaja ke naam se sampoorn kurukshetr jaana jaata hai. kuru ek atyant prataapi raaja hue hain jo mahaabhaarat mein kauravon ke pitaamah the, unhi ke naam se kuru praacheen Bhaarat ke 16 mahaajanapadon mein se ek tha. iska kshetr aadhunik Haryana (kurukshetr) ke ird-gird tha. iski rajdhani sanbhavat: hastinaapur ya indraprasth thi. kuru ke raajya ka vistaar kahaaain tak raha hoga ye bhaaratiyon ke liye khoj ka vishay hai kintu vishv itihaas mein kuru Cyrus the Great praacheen vishv ke sarvaadhik vishaal saamraajya ko nae aayaam dene wala chakravarti raaja tha jisne Iran mein med saamraajya ko apne hi sasur astyaagas se hastaantarit karte hue saamraajya ka naya naam ajameedh saamraajya (Achaemenid_empire) rakha tha. is saamraajya ki seemaayein Bhaarat se mishr, Libya aur greek tak faili hui thi.[1]
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- ↑ naahar, Dr ratibhaanu Singh (1974). praacheen Bhaarat ka raajanaitik evam saanskrutik itihaas. Allahabad, Bhaarat: kitaabamahal. pa॰ 112.