The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s3.t2.25

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Vidarbha is known through its king Bhīma, mentioned in the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* (VII. 34) as having received instruction about the substitute for the Soma from Parvata and Nārada. The Vidarbha kingdom was said to be famous for its special breed of hounds, which killed tigers (*Jaim Up. Brā.* II.440). Vidarbha, as is well known, corresponds to modern Berār. Lassen places Vidarbha along the Sātpurā hills to the north-west of Berār.³³ The Upanishads refer to Bhārgava, a sage of Vidarbha, as a contemporary of Aśvalāyana and to Vaidarbhī Kouṇḍinya. Kuṇḍina, the capital of Vidarbha, has been identified with the modern Kauṇḍinyapura on the bank of the Wardhā in the Chāndur *tāluk* of Amraoti.³⁴