The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.278

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But, who that person may have been,—whether he was a real historical king, or whether the name is simply that of the epic hero Karṇa, the elder brother, on the mother's side, of the five Pāṇḍava princes,—is not apparent. And the other records simply say that Dadda I. was of the race of the Gurjara kings.¹ They also say that he overthrew some hostile Nāgas,² from which it seems that he acquired the territory and established this branch of the family to which he belonged,³ by ejecting some branch of the Nāga tribe.