Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c15.5

c15.5

Mudgala (called Bhārmyaśva by the Anukramaṇī) is mentioned in hymn x, 102, 5, 9; Indrasenā² in verse 2, and Vadhryaśva may be hinted at by the words *vadhriṇā yujā* in verse 12. Vadhryaśva is named in x, 69, 1 f., and in vi, 61, 1, which says Divodāsa was his son. Sṛñjaya is mentioned in iv, 15, 4. Cyavana is probably meant in x, 69, 5, 6,³ and his other name Pañcajana is no doubt a misreading of Pijavana. His son Sudāsa is named as Sudās Paijavana in vii, 18, 22, 23, and verse 25 says Sudās was son (i. e. descendant) of Divodāsa. Aitareya Brāhmaṇa vii, 34 says Sahadeva was descended from Sṛñjaya, and hymn iv, 15, 7–10 says Somaka was his son. Further, iii, 53, 9, 11, 12, 24 and vi, 16, 19 show that Divodāsa and Sudās were descendants of Bharata. In all these particulars the hymns agree with the genealogy, and they are too numerous and too closely interrelated to permit of any doubt that these Vedic kings were the North Pañcāla kings.