Anarta is a Vedic period kingdom of ancient India described in the Mahabharata, roughly forming the northern Gujarat state of India. It was founded by a grandson of Vaivasvata, inter alia the father of the present Manu and of Yama, named Anarta. He built a fortress at Kusasthali (Dvaraka), which was later flooded by Varuna. The place remained then for some time as a forest land, before Krishna and the Yadavas went there and built Dvaraka. It was then ruled by Yadavas after they fled from Mathura of Surasena Kingdom, due to the attacks of Jarasandha, the king of Magadha. The Yadava chiefs like Vasudeva Krishna, Bala Rama, Kritavarma and Satyaki, ruled this kingdom under their king Ugrasena. In Mahabharata, Dwaraka is considered as a capital city of Anarta Kingdom. But some other ancient texts like Mahabhagavata, mentions Dwaraka and Anarta as two independent kingdoms. As per the Purana viz. Bhagavata Purana, Bala Rama's wife Revati was from this kingdom.
Vadnagar is a town and municipality in the Mehsana district of the state of Gujarat in India. It is located 35 km (22 mi) from Mehsana. Its ancient names include Anartapura and Anandapura. It was a location visited by Xuanzang in 640 C.E. The founder and the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Alexander Cunningham, had identified Anandapura with the town of Vadnagar. Vadnagar is also the birthplace of Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister of India.
Anarta was an ancient Indian region which corresponded to the present-day North Saurashtra to North Gujarat regions in Gujarat state of India. Several ancient inscriptions and literary sources mention a town called Anartapura or Anandapura, which is identified as the area in and around the present-day Vadnagar.
Anarta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Hadula is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Anarta nigrolunata is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1867. It is found in the Arctic and alpine regions of Canada.
Anarta myrtilli, the beautiful yellow underwing, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in most of Europe including Scandinavia, Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Russia.
Anarta mendax is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the south-eastern Balkans, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon and Transcaucasia.
Anarta mendica is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel and Lebanon.
Anarta stigmosa is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from South-eastern Europe, Turkey, Israel and Iran to central Asia, southern Siberia, China and Mongolia.
Anarta deserticola is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found along the coast of North Africa and on Malta.
Anarta inconcinna is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Smith in 1888 and it is found in North America.
Anarta oaklandiae is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.
Anarta farnhami is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Anarta obesula is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Smith in 1904. It is found in North America.
The Anarta tradition or Anarta ware is a chalcolithic culture tentatively dated between c. 3950 BCE to 1900 BCE based on radio carbon dates from Loteshwar and Gola Dhoro. The sites associated with it are located in Gujarat, India.
Anarta oregonica is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.
Anarta alta is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1924. It is found in North America.
Anarta mutata, or the mutant, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.
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