Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.60

c31.60

² Śatapatha Brāhm i, 4, 10-19. See p. 224, note ¹³. It is a fable, for it is discredited by tradition about Videha as narrated in chap. XXIV; and, if Agni Vaiśvānara went burning along the earth from the Sarasvatī to Videha, Agni burnt over the Paurava territory (including N. Pañcāla) and the Ayodhyā realm, two of the most famous and best cultivated regions even in early times—which is absurd. If it enshrines any historical truth, it might mean that the reformed brahmanism passed from the Bhārata kingdom to Ayodhyā and then to Videha.