Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.83

c29.83

At this time then the Aila race had dominated the whole of mid North India with the exception of the Ayodhyā kingdom, and had developed into seven kingdoms, those of Yayāti's five sons and the two earlier of Kānyakubja and Kāśi. It had subjugated Madhyadeśa and made it emphatically Aila. The other kingdoms mentioned above continued, except that the Karūṣas, and apparently the Nābhāgas, had been subdued. The Saudyumna stock remained unaffected. The Ayodhyā realm prospered,² and one of its early kings named Śrāvasta is said to have founded the city Śrāvastī.³ The chief development occurred among Yadu's descendants, who increased and divided at once into two great branches, the Haihayas and Yādavas (p. 87). Subsequent occurrences show that the Yādava branch occupied the northern portion of Yadu's territory and the Haihayas the southern part.