Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.61

c29.61

Some of the Puranas, as just mentioned, assign to Ikṣvāku a third son called Daṇḍa or Daṇḍaka, and it is said that after him was named the great Daṇḍaka forest ² which more or less covered the Dekhan. This seems to be an eponym to account for the name of the forest, because it clashes with the other statements about the many kings that occupied the Dekhan. However that may be, the noteworthy point is that the original sovereignty in that region was attributed to the same stock or race which was dominant in Ayodhyā and Videha.³