The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c24.50

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The Purāṇic list of Ikshvāku kings in the Kali Age concludes with Sumitra, the fourth successor of Prasenajit, who was contemporary with the Buddha. The royal houses of Pūru and Ikshvāku, the sovereigns of Agra and Oudh, thus disappear from the scene at about the same time (p. 308). Henceforth the historical interest of the Purāṇas centres in Magadha which had become the suzerain power in the Middle Country¹.