Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.163

c29.163

The Haihaya conquests had thus reached to the kingdoms of Vaiśālī and Videha. The Vaiśālī realm was then under the rule of Karandhama, his son Avīkṣit and his son Marutta, three noted kings (pp. 147, 157). It is said that Karandhama was besieged by a confederacy of kings and at length defeated them; that Avīkṣit had a great conflict with the king of Vidiśā (Besnagar) and others and was captured, but Karandhama and his allies beat them and rescued him; and that Marutta had a contest with Nāgas.⁴ There can be little doubt that those enemies were the Haihayas, for Vidiśā was in the Haihaya region, and that they were beaten off. There is no indication that the Haihayas conquered the Vaiśāla kings, and Marutta was a famous king and cakravartin.⁵ The Haihaya conquests eastwards must have been stopped by some kingdom, and tradition suggests that it was these Vaiśāla kings who did that.⁶