Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.222

c29.222

About Mudgala’s time Ayodhyā rose to prominence under a famous king Dilīpa II Khaṭvāṅga⁴ and his immediate descendants Raghu, Aja and Daśaratha, and by this time the country had acquired the name Kosala.⁵ Videha was flourishing, and there was a kingdom at Sāṅkāśyā, where Sīradhvaja Janaka killed its king and installed his brother Kuśadhvaja.⁶ The Yādavas seem to have been divided into small kingdoms, but about this time the noted king Madhu must have consolidated them, if his territory extended from Gujarat to the Jumna as alleged,⁷ and the Paurava kingdom which belonged to Rantideva (*ante*) had succumbed. His descendants were the Madhus or Mādhavas.¹