Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.16

c29.16

Manu had nine other sons (p. 84), and divided the earth, that is, India, into ten portions.¹¹ The distribution among the sons is not stated and some were excluded as Pṛṣadhra. Some Puranas imply that Sudyumna had a portion,¹² but others say he obtained none because he had been a woman.¹ Nevertheless the authorities generally declare, first, that he received the town Pratiṣṭhāna ² and gave it to Purūravas ³; and secondly, that his three sons had territories of their own,⁴ thus Utkala had the Utkala country,⁵ Vinatāśva had a western country,⁶ and Gaya had the city Gayā and the eastern region; but according to two Puranas,⁷ Gaya had only the city Gayā, and Haritāśva had the eastern region together with the Kurus, that is, the Northern Kurus. These three principalities may be designated here collectively the ‘Saudyumnas’, a name which is sometimes given to them.⁸