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Basti

India / Uttar Pradesh / Basti /
 city, taluka headquarter, district headquarter

Tehsil Basti, District Basti, Uttar Pradesh, Bharat
Basti City population 114,657
In ancient times the country around Basti was known as Kosala.The Shatpath Brahman speaks of Kosala as one of the countries of the Vadic Aryans and the grammarian Panini mentions it in one of his Sutras. It was the in RAM CHANDRA the eldest son of Dashratha, that the glory of the Kosala royal density reach its culmination. He is credited with the establishment of an ideally lawful state, the proverbial RAM RAJYA . In Kosala itself Rama's elder son Kush ascended the thrown of Ayodhya and the younger son Love became the ruler of the northern part of the kingdom with it capital Shrawasti. In the 93rd generation from Ikshvaku and 30th from Rama was Brihadbala, the las famous king of the Ikshvaku density who was killed in Great Mahabharta battle.

With the decline of the Guptas in sixth century A.D., Basti also began gradually to become desolate. At this time a new dynasty, that of the Maukharies, with its capital as Kannauje, assumed an important position on the political map of northern India and perhaps this kingdom in included present district also. also.

In the beginning of the 9th century A.D., the Gurjara Pratihara king, Nagbhatta II, overthrew the Ayodhyas who was then ruling at Kannauj, and made this city the capital of his growing empire which rose to its greatest height in the reign of the famous Mihirbhoj(836-885 A.D.). From the time of Mahipal the power of Kannauj become to decline and Avadh was divided into small chieftainships, but all of them had ultimately to yield to newly growing power of Gahadwals of Kannauj. Jaychandra(1170-1194 A.D.), the last important ruler of the dynasty was killed in the battle of Chandawar(near Etawah) fighting against the invading army of Shahabuddin Mohd. Gauri. Soon after his death Kannauj occupied by the Turks.

According to legends, for centuries Basti was a wilderness and that greater part of Avad was occupied by the Bhars. No definite evidence is available about the Bhars origin and early history. The evidence of an extensive Bhar kingdom in the district can be gleaned only from the ruins of ancient brick buildings popularly ascribed to the Bhars and found extant in a number of villages of this district.
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Coordinates:   26°48'25"N   82°44'21"E

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  • ramesh48rediffmail.com (guest)
    my homerdpandey
  • Sulabh (guest)
    This is my birth place
  • suraj (guest)
    basti is really a good place 2 live in but people out there are ......
  • RADHAKRISHN
    Edited 13/06/2009.
  • vivek smarty (guest)
    its a place lyk heaven.....
  • sincerity
    Basti is the administrative headquarters of Basti District in southeastern Uttar Pradesh. Basti is around 180 km west of Lucknow. Sugarcane farming dominates the local crops while there are also a few small-scale industries flourishing in the nearby villages. Places of tourist interest include Ganeshpur, Makhauda, Chhawni Bazaar, Nagar, Chando Tal, Baraha and Bhadeshwar Nath. Nearest airport is at Lucknow. Basti Railway Station is on the Gorakhpur-Lucknow line. Basti is situated on the National Highway 28 and has regular connections to Lucknow and Gorakhpur
  • ttyadav
    mr gk yadav
  • ttyadav
    gaighat basti
  • chandan singh (guest)
    ayodhya is a holy place
  • ABUL HASAN KHAN (guest)
    GOOD CITY OF BASTI I M LEAVE IN BASTI RAMPURR DEORIA
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