Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.178

c29.178

Sagara had by this time reached manhood. He defeated the Tālajaṅgha-Haihayas and regained Ayodhyā.² He extended his campaign and subdued all the other enemies in N. India. He crushed the Haihayas in their own territories, and annihilated their dominion, and nothing more is said about them till long afterwards. He determined to destroy the foreign tribes, but at their entreaties Vasiṣṭha interposed; so Sagara spared their lives but reduced them to great religious and social degradation. Then he invaded Vidarbha and made peace by marrying the king’s daughter (p. 156), and was received with honour by the Śūrasena Yādavas, who were his mother’s brethren. He was a famous monarch (p. 39).