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| 1976, 24th Sep . Maharaja Agrasen and Coins - Commemoration India |
Maharaja Agrasen and Coins Maharaja Agresen - Commemoration India 25 NP
24th Sept 1976 MNH
24th Sept 1976 MNH
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Condition : MNH
| Stamp Issue Date | : | 24/09/1976 |
| Postage Stamp Denomination | : | 0.25 |
| Postal Stamp Serial Number | : | 0824 |
| Postal Stamp Name | : | MAHARAJA AGRASEN & COINS |
| Stamp Currency | : | P |
| Stamp Type | : | COMMEMORATIVE |
| Stamp Language | : | English |
| Indian Stamp's Color | : | Multicolour |
Michel number:
| 690 |
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MAHARAJA AGRASEN WAS AN ENLIGHTENED KING OF ANCIENT INDIA.HE BELIEVED IN EQUALITY OF MAN AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALL.THE STAMP ISSUED IN HIS HONOUR. DEPICTS THE BUST OF THE KING AND OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDES OF A COIN FOUND AT AGROHA,HARYANA.
Maharaja Agrasena was a legendary Indian king of Agroha in India, a city of traders, from whom the Agrawal community claims descent.[1] He is credited with the establishment of a kingdom of traders in North India, and is known for his compassion in refusing to slaughter animals in yajnas.
Legends and beliefs
Agrasen was a vysya king of the Solar Dynasty who adopted Vanika dharma for the benefit of his people.[6][7] Literally, Agrawal means the "children of Agrasena" or the "people of Agroha", a city in ancient Kuru Panchala, near Hisar in Haryana regionsaid to be founded by Agrasena.[8] Noted Hindi author Bharatendu Harishchandra(himself an Agrawal)[9] wrote Agarwalon ki Utpatti (The origin of Agrawals) in 1871,[10]based on an account in the Mahalaksmi Vrat Katha manuscript.[11] According to this account, Maharaja Agrasena was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya king, born during the last stages of Dwapar Yuga in the Mahabharat epic era, he was contemporaneous to Lord Krishna. He was the eldest son of the King Ballabh of Pratapnagar. Agrasena fathered 18 children, from whom the Agrawal gotras came into being.
Agrasena attended the swayamvara of Madhavi, the daughter of the King Nagaraj. However, Indra, the God of Heaven and also the Lord of storms and rainfall, wanted to marry Madhavi, but she chose Agrasena as her husband. A furious Indra decided to take revenge by making sure that Pratapnagar did not receive any rain. As a result, a famine struck Agrasen's kingdom, who then decided to wage a war against Indra. Sage Narada was approached by Indra, who mediated peace between Agrasena and Indra.
According to Vachanakosha of Bulakhichand (1680 AD), Agar Rishi married a naga-kanya and had 18 children.[12] A similar account is given in 1885 Bombay Presidency Gazetteer, Rishi Agrasena married 17 naga-kanyas.[13]
Another belief[citation needed] states King Agrasen to be the elder bother of Shoorsen Vrishni and elder grand father of Balarama and Krishna Vrishni of Mahabharata, descendant of King Yayati of Khandavprastha. It was built after several attacks faced from Jarasandh of Magadh in Mahabharata period. Agrohawas called as Agreya in its original period. King Agrasen made it capital of his state, a city in ancient Kuru Panchala, while his younger bother Shoorsen including Balarama and Shri Krishna decided to stay at Dwaraka.
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