The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c17.21

v1.c17.21

Connected with the Kurus were the Krivis, whose name seems to be but a variant from the same root, and who appear to have been settled near the Indus and the Chenāb. Possibly we may see the allied tribes of Kurus and Krivis in the two Vaikarṇa tribes, twenty-one of whose clans shared the defeat of the five tribes by Sudās. If so, like the Pūrus the Bharatas must have in course of time become mingled with the Kurus and have merged their identity with them.