Mahabharat period and Chhattisgarh

Mahabharat period

There are astrological, natural, geographical, physical, inscriptional and scriptural evidences that unquestionably establish the date of epic Mahabharat war as 3139 BC

“Vishva Panchangam”, established in 1925 and published by  
Kashi Hindu Vishvavidyalaya (Benares Hindu University), Varanasi. 
It gives all the three eras: Kali era, Vikram era and (Shalivahan) Shak era.
It says on page 3 that 5,100 years have already elapsed before 2056 
Vikram year which is 1999 AD. It means that the existing Kali era is 5101 
in 1999 AD, which comes to (5101 - 1999) 3102 BC.
credit: http://www.thevedicfoundation.org/bhartiya_history/mahabharat.htm

छत्तीसगढ़ की जातीय एवं सांस्कृतिक परम्पराओं में महाभारतकालीन इतिहास की एक झलक  
1.छत्तीसगढ़ में सदियों पुरानी महाभारत के पांडव नायकों की जोश और ओज़ पूर्ण साहसिक-गौरव-इतिहास के प्रस्तुति की सांस्कृतिक-परम्परा का पंडवानी गायन, 2.महानदी तट  के राजाओं का पाण्डव वंशी इतिहास, 3.सिरपुर-चित्रांगदपुर-चेदि देश और कालांतर में छत्तीसगढ़ के पाण्डव वंशी सम्बन्ध, 4.'पहाड़ी कोरवा 'और  'पंडो 'आदिम जनजातियों का महाभारत कालीन  'कौरव 'और  'पांडव' से जुड़ी उनकी मान्यताएं ....

Tribes of Bastar

यह सभी पौराणिक लिंक एवं संकेत, छत्तीसगढ़ के इतिहास को और समझने तथा लिखने के लिए दिशा-निर्देश का काम करते हैं !!  

'Panduvanshi' history of Chhattisgarh 
History of Chhattisgarh or South Kosala can be traced back only from the 4th century AD. Between the 6th and 12th centuries AD the Sarabhpurias, Panduvanshi, Somvanshi, Kalchuri, and Nagvanshi rulers dominated this region.    

More historical links of Mahabharat period
As Pandvas spent their 'hiding-period' (अज्ञातवास) in these hills of south Koshal, while staying all along the banks of Mahanadi river.

courtesy:http://www.oocities.org/siliconvalley/screen/3299/history/maps.htm

So various places of Chhattisgarh have found reference in the epic book of Mahabharat; as states won by Sahdev named Prakkosal, Aranya (अरण्य ) areas of Bastar were referred as Kantar state and places won by Karan (करण) is called Kosal janapad (कौसल जनपद).
Chitrangada's father Chitravas was the king of Chitrangadpur (Sirpur). Vabhruvahan, son of Arjun and Chitrangada was the king of Chedi.

Maikal mountain ranges of Satpura

temple at Kawardha (1349, Fadinagvanshi king Ramchandra)

Stone inscriptions (शिलालेख) found from different places on the banks of Mahanadi river as in Sirpur, Rajim, Aarang states that kings of this region called them self Pandav and regarded Vabhruvahan as their ancestor. It is believed that Chedidesh state of Vabhruvahan was later called Chedigarh and then on Chhattisgarh.
http://sciencedoing.blogspot.in/2014/11/history-of-chhattisgarh-in-nutshell.html

Mahabharat-period link of 'Pando' and 'Pahadi Korwa' tribes of Chhattisgarh
Major population in Chhattisgarh comprises tribal population. Among the primitive tribes are Pando and Korwa, who still live in forest. The Pando tribe believe themselves as the member of "Pandav" clan of epic Mahabharata. The Korwa tribe believe themselves to be the member of "Kauravs" of Mahabharata.
^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surguja_district}
 
The main concentration of Hill-Korwa tribe is in Jashpur, Sarguja & Raigarh. According to Anthropological description of family they belongs to Austro-Asiatic family.
http://cjtdp.cg.gov.in/tribes.htm
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kfp 

#reference cited links are thankfully quoted at appropriate place.
#author wishes thanks to Ms Padmavati Pandey for her extensive support during researching this topic.