Upaplavya was a city in the
Matsya Kingdom ruled by king
Virata as per the epic
Mahabharata. It was the city where the
Pandavas camped and planned their strategy for the
Kurukshetra War. The allies of the Pandavas held extensive meetings in the tents constructed at Upaplavya, and stayed there as guests of King Virata.
Vasudeva Krishna started his famous peace mission to
Hastinapura, starting his journey from Upaplavya. It took Krishna two days of travel by his fast chariot to reach Hastinapura from Upaplavya. The location of this city is somewhere in the border of
Rajasthan and
Haryana states of India.