The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c17.23

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No other Āryan tribe plays a great figure in the Rigveda. The Chedis, who in later times dwelt in Bundelkhand to the north of the Vindhya, and their king Kaçu are mentioned but once in a late *dānastuti*: the queen of the Uçīnaras, later a petty tribe to the north of the Kuru country, is also once alluded to. The generosity of Ṛiṇaṁchaya, king of the Ruçamas, an unknown people, has preserved his name from extinction. One interpretation adds to the enemies of Sudās the tribe of the Matsyas (‘fishes’), who in later times occupied the lands now known as Alwar, Jaipur, and Bharatpur. A raid of the Turvaças and Yadus and a conflict on the Sarayu¹ with Arṇa and Chitraratha testify to the activity of these clans, which otherwise are best known through their opposition to Divodāsa and Sudās, and which must probably have been settled in the south of the Punjab. The family of the Kaṇvas seems to have been connected as priests with the Yadus. Connected with the Turvaças was the Vṛichīvant Varaçikha, who was defeated by Abhyāvartin Chāyamāna, who himself was perhaps a Sṛiñjaya prince. More shadowy still are Nahus, Tugrya, and Vetasu in whom some have seen tribes: Nahus is probably rather a general term for neighbour, and the Tugryas and the Vetasus are families rather than tribes.