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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.87

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.87

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c13.s2.87

The *Mahābhārata*⁸ refers to a *rāshṭra* or realm of the Śivis ruled by king Uśīnara, which lay not far from the Yamunā.⁹ It is not altogether improbable that the Uśīnara country¹⁰ was at one time the home of the Śivis. We find them also in Sind, in Madyamikā (Tambavatī nagarī ?) near Chitor in Rājputāna,¹¹ and in the *Daśa-kumāra-charita*, on the banks of the Kāverī.¹² 17. The **Agālassoi** :

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