The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s3.t2.38

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The *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (X. 6. I. 2) and the *Chhāndogya Upanishad* (V. 11. 4) mention Aśvapati, king of the Kekayas, as a man of learning who instructed a number of Brāhmaṇas. The Kekayas in later days were settled in the north-west between the Sindhu and the Vitastā, and probably occupied the same territory in the Vedic age. According to the Puranic tradition the Kekayas were descended from Anu,³⁹ which is confirmed by the fact that the Anus of the *Ṛigveda* dwelt in the same territory in which we find the Kekayas.