Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.126

c29.126

About this time lived Kuśa, king of Kānyakubja, and his younger son Amūrtarayas⁵ (or Amūrtarayas' son Gaya) is said to have carved out for himself a kingdom from another portion of the Saudyumna stock in the country known afterwards as Magadha:¹ and this was quite possible, for the only intervening territory was Kāśi, which had been ravaged by the Haihayas. Gaya reigned in the Gayā district and was a king of note (pp. 39, 40). Nothing more is said of this dynasty, except that it was overthrown afterwards.² The genealogies give Amūrtarayas a younger brother Vasu;³ and it is said Vasu founded a kingdom at Girivraja,⁴ but this is very doubtful, for he seems to be confused with Vasu Caidya who conquered Magadha afterwards (p. 118).