[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c29.228 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.228 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.228 - **Language:** English ### [c29.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.228) In Daśaratha’s time then the Yādavas had a powerful kingdom, the Pauravas had at least four states in the Ganges-Jumna plain, with North Pañcāla particularly prominent, and among the Pauravas there had been a great development of brahmanism as explained in chapter XXIII. It is remarkable then in the Rāmāyaṇa, that Kosala’s friendliest relations were with the eastern kingdoms of Videha, Aṅga and Magadha (\*sic\*), the Panjab kingdoms of Kekaya, Sindhu and Sauvīra, the western kingdom of Surāṣṭra (\*sic\*),² and the Dākṣiṇātya kings, for these are specially named among the invitations sent out for Daśaratha’s sacrifice; and no mention is made of any of the kings of the middle region of North India except Kāśī.³ This remark holds good for the Rāmāyaṇa generally. Prayāga is described as in a great forest, opposite Śṛṅgaverapura the capital of a Niṣāda kingdom on the north side of the Ganges⁴—which is very improbable as the Vatsa kingdom comprised that region. - [Previous: c29.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.227) - [Next: c29.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.229) - [Up: c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29.228) · Pramāṇa