Political History Of Ancient India

SR No.: 032292
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hemchandra Raychaudhari
Publisher: University of Calcutta
Publication Year: 1950
Total Pages: 714
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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POST-VEDIC KURUS
Vaidehiputra. He is said to have attacked Champā, the capital of Anga, during the reign of Dadhivahana.2 His son and successor was the famous Udayana, the contemporary of the Buddha and of Pradyota of Avanti and therefore of Bimbisāra and Ajataśatru of Magadha.
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The Bhagga (Bharga) state of Sumsumāragiri, 'Crocodile Hill', was a dependency of Vatsa. The Mahabharata and the Harivamsa 5 testify to the close connection of these two territories and their proximity to the principality of a Nishada chieftain, while the Apadana seems to associate Bharga with Karusha. The evidence points to the location of Sumsumaragiri between the Jumna and the lower valley of the Sona.
The Kuru realm was according to the Maha-Sutasoma Jātaka three hundred leagues in extent. The reigning dynasty according to the Pali texts belonged to the Yuddhiṭṭhila gotta, i. e., the family of Yudhishṭhira.8 The capital was Indapatta or Indapattana, i. e., Indraprastha or Indrapat near modern Delhi. It extended over seven leagues. We hear also of another city called Hatthinipura,10 doubtless, the Hastinapura of the epic, and a number of nigamas or smaller towns and villages besides
1 Svapna-vasavadatta. Act VI. p. 129.
2 JASB, 1914, p. 321.
3 Jataka, No. 353; Carmichael Lec., 1918, p. 63.
4 II. 30. 10-11.
Vatsabhumiñcha Kaunteyo vijigye balavan balät
Bhargaṇamadhipañchaiva Nishadadhipatim tatha.
"The mighty son of Kunti (i. e. Bhimasena) conquered by force the Vatsa country and the lord of the Bhargas and then the chieftain of the Nishādas."
5 29. 73.
Pratardanasya putrau dvau Vatsa-Bhargau babhuvatuh
"Pratardana had two sons, Vatsa and Bharga.'
6 DPPN, II. 345
7 No. 537.
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Dhumakari Jataka, No. 413; Dasa Brahmana Jataka, No. 495.
9 Jātaka Nos. 537, 545.
10 The Buddhist Conception of Spirits; DPPN, II. 1319.