The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s3.t2.16

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Kāśi, along with Kosala and Videha, came into prominence only in later Vedic age. The Kāśis and Videhas were closely connected on account of their proximity, and Weber suggests that these two together constituted the Uśīnaras.²⁹ This, however, cannot be accepted, as the Uśīnaras dwelt in the middle country. Kāśi and Kosala are also found together. There is the story of the defeat of Dhṛitarāshṭra, king of Kāśis, by Śatānīka Sātrājita, a Bharata king, resulting in the giving up of the kindling of the sacred fire down to the time of the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (XIII. 5.4.19). The relations of these eastern people with the Kuru-Pañchālas appear to have been anything but friendly. Political conflict and cultural difference are said to be the probable causes of the rivalry between the two sets.