________________
152 POLITICAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT INDIA
The Angas had their detractors and come in for a good deal of condemnation along with the Madras and the Gandharas:
Āturānāṁ parityāgaḥ sadāra-suta-vikrayaḥ
Angeshu vartate Karna yesham adhipatir bhavan.
"The abandonment of the afflicted and the sale of wives and children are, O Karna, prevalent among the Angas whose overlord thou art."
Madrakeshu cha samsrishtam
saucham Gandharakeshu cha, raja-yajaka-yajye cha
nashtam dattam havir bhavet.
"Amongst the Madrakas all acts of friendship are lost as purity among the Gandharakas, and the libations poured in a sacrifice in which the king is himself the sacrificer and priest."
The verses quoted above give a fair idea of the attitude, mainly of poets of the western part of the Madhyadesa towards most of the Mahajanapadas of Northern India.
