Mathura (मथुरा) is a city in India, located approximately 50 km north of Agra, and south of Delhi. It is the administrative center of the Mathura District. During the ancient period, this was an economic hub, located at the junction of some relatively important caravan routes. Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Taj Mahal Agra is an ancient city on the Yamuna River in India, within the state of Uttar Pradesh. ... This article deals with the city of Delhi. ... Ancient history is the study of significant cultural and political events from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages. ... U.S. Economic Calendar Economics at the Open Directory Project Economics textbooks on Wikibooks The Economists Economics A-Z Institutions and organizations Bureau of Labor Statistics - from the American Labor Department Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA) National Bureau of Economic Research (USA) - Economics material from the organization... Caravans comprise land-based trading convoys, often utilising the camel as a beast of burden, and generally associated with crossing deserts in Asia or Africa. ...

The Bodhisattva Maitreya, art of Mathura, 2nd century CE.

Mathura is the reputed birthplace of Krishna, Krishnajanmabhoomi. The Keshav Dev temple was built in ancient times on the site of Krishna's supposed birthplace (an underground prison). In the 6th century BCE Mathura became the capital of the Shursen republic. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (971x1135, 145 KB) The Bodhisatva Maitreya, art of Mathura, 2nd century CE. Personal photograph, at Musee Guimet, 2004. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (971x1135, 145 KB) The Bodhisatva Maitreya, art of Mathura, 2nd century CE. Personal photograph, at Musee Guimet, 2004. ... Prince Siddhartha Gautama as a bodhisattva, before becoming a Buddha. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... (1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century - other centuries) Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... Lord Krishna Krishna (कृष्ण, Sanskrit for black or dark blue), is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... Krishnajanmabhoomi is the temple is built on the birthplace of the Hindu deity Krishna in Mathura, India. ... (7th century BC - 6th century BCE - 5th century BCE - other centuries) (600s BCE - 590s BCE - 580s BCE - 570s BCE - 560s BCE - 550s BCE - 540s BCE - 530s BCE - 520s BCE - 510s BCE - 500s BCE - other decades) (2nd millennium BCE - 1st millennium BCE - 1st millennium) The 5th and 6th centuries BCE were...

The city was later ruled by the Maurya empire (4th to 2nd centuries BCE) and the Shunga dynasty (2nd century BCE). It was then ruled by the Indo-Greeks between 180 BCE and 100 BCE. It briefly reverted to Indian rule, and was then occupied by the Indo-Scythians during the 1st century BCE. Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that, by 100 BCE, there was a group of Jains living in Mathura [Bowker]. Chandragupta Maurya (ruled 322–298 BC), known to the Greeks as Sandracottus, was the first emperor of the Mauryan empire. ... (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire Romans build first aqueduct Chinese use bellows The Scythians are beginning to be absorbed into the Sarmatian... (3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events BC 168 Battle of Pydna -- Macedonian phalanx defeated by Romans BC 148 Rome conquers Macedonia BC 146 Rome destroys Carthage in the Third Punic War BC 146 Rome conquers... For other uses of the term Shunga see Shunga (disambiguation) Shunga ((春画) is a Japanese term for erotic pictures. ... Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 BCE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek... (Redirected from 180 BCE) Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC - 180s BC - 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 185 BC 184 BC 183 BC 182 BC 181 BC - 180 BC... (Redirected from 100 BCE) Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 105 BC 104 BC 103 BC 102 BC 101 BC - 100 BC - 99 BC 98 BC 97... Early anepigraphic coinage of the Indo-Scythians (c. ... (Redirected from 1st century BCE) (2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century - other centuries) The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... John Bowker is a professor of divinity at Gresham College, London. ...

Mathura served as one of the Kushan Empire's two capitals from the first to the third centuries. The Mathura Museum has the largest collection of redstone sculptures in Asia, depicting many famous Buddha figurines. In 634 Xuanzang had visited the Mathura town. He went east to Jalandhara in eastern Punjab, before climbing up to visit predominantly Theravada monasteries in the Kulu valley and turning southward again to Bairat and then Mathura, on the Yamuna river. Boundary of the Kushan empire, c. ... A stone image of the Buddha. ... Events The Arabs invade Palestine. ... Xuanzang, Dunhuang cave, 9th century. ... small alley in Jalandhar, close to the fish-market rikshaws with bananas in Jalandhar, close to the fish-market Jalandhar is a city in the state of Punjab, India. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... Theravada (Pali; Sanskrit: Sthaviravada) is one of the eighteen (or twenty) Nikāya schools that formed early in the history of Buddhism. ... Kullu is a district in Himachal Pradesh, India. ... Bairat is a town in northern Jaipur District of Rajasthan, India. ... The river Yamuna is a major river of northern India, with a total length of around 1370 km. ...

The city was sacked and many of its temples destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1018. The Keshav Dev temple was partially destroyed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, who built the city's Jami Masjid (Friday mosque) on the same site, re-using many of the temple's stones. The main Krishna shrine is presently the Dwarkadeesh temple, built in 1815 by Seth Gokuldas Parikh, Treasurer of Gwalior. Mahmud of Ghazni (971–April 30, 1030), also known as Yamin ul-Dawlah Mahmud (in full: Yamin ul-Dawlah Abd ul-Qasim Mahmud Ibn Sebük Tigin) was the ruler of Ghazni from 997 until his death. ... Events Bulgaria becomes part of the Byzantine Empire. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Abu Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707), usually known as Aurangzeb, but also sometimes as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. ... Tulip Mosque in Ufa, Russia. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ...

The city is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes story 'The Sign of Four.' Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (1854–1957, according to William S. Baring-Gould) is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ...

Mathura is home to a large, technologically advanced oil refinery owned by the Indian Oil Corporation. View of the Tosco (ex Valero, originally Shell) Martinez oil refinery An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products. ... For alternate meanings, see IOC (disambiguation). ...

Art of Mathura

The Indo-Scythian Mathura lion capital, 1st century CE. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (991x652, 305 KB) Mathura lion capital. ... The Mathura lion capital (British Museum). ...	The Bodhisattva Maitreya, 2nd century CE. Mathura Bodhisattva. ... Prince Siddhartha Gautama as a bodhisattva, before becoming a Buddha. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...	The Bodhisattva Siddhartha Gautama, 2nd century CE. Download high resolution version (316x640, 96 KB)Musee Guimet, Paris. ... Standing Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, northern Pakistan, 1st century CE. Gautama Buddha was a South Asian spiritual leader who lived between approximately 563 BCE and 483 BCE. Born Siddhartha Gautama in Sanskrit, a name meaning descendant of Gotama whose aims are achieved/who is efficacious in achieving aims, he...	Buddha of the Gupta period, 5th century CE. Download high resolution version (411x781, 68 KB)Musee Guimet, Paris. ... A stone image of the Buddha. ... Silver coin of the Gupta King Kumara Gupta I (414-455 CE). ...
Head of a Buddha, Gupta period, 6th century CE. Musee Guimet, Paris. ...

Mathura District

Mathura District is bounded on the northeast by Aligarh district, on the southeast by Hathras district, on the south by Agra district, and on the west and northwest by Haryana state. The district is part of Agra Division. Victoria gate, a part of Aligarh University campus Aligarh (Hindi: अलीगढ़) is a city in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. ... Hathras Hathras district is a new district made recently by taking some part of Aligarh, Mathura and Agra districts. ... Taj Mahal Agra is an ancient city on the Yamuna River in India, within the state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Haryana (हरयाणा) is a state in north India. ...

References

• Bowker, John (2002). The Cambridge Illustrated History of Religions, p.60.
• Konow, Sten. Editor. 1929. Kharoshthī Inscriptions with Exception of those of Asoka. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. II, Part I. Reprint: Indological Book House, Varanasi, 1969.
• Mukherjee, B. N. 1981. Mathurā and its Society: The Śaka-Pahlava Phase. Firma K. L. M. Private Limited, Calcutta.
• Sharma, R. C. 1976. Mathura Museum and Art. 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Government Museum, Mathura.