India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Jejakabhukti (जेजकभुक्ति) or simply Jejaka refers to a place-name ending in bhukti and, under the Pratihāra empire appear to have been rather Commissioners’ Divisions that provinces. It is also known as Jejahuti or simply Jeja.

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Jejakabhukti refers to an ancient kingdom correpsonding to the modern “Bundelkhand region”.—According to a Mahoba inscription, the Chandela territory was named "Jejakabhukti" after the Jayashakti. The Chandelas of Jejakabhukti were a royal dynasty in Central India. They ruled much of the Bundelkhand region (then called Jejakabhukti) between the 9th and the 13th centuries.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Partial matches: Jejaka, Bhukti.

Full-text: Jejahuti, Jejabhukti, Jeja, Jejaka, Bhojavarman, Madanavarman, Trailokyavarman, Paramardideva, Paramardi, Bhukti.

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