Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.231
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.231
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c9.s3.231
The prosperity of the Ābhipratāriṇas was short-lived. Great calamities befell the Kurus and the disintegration of the kingdom went on apace.⁵ Large sections of the people, including Brāhmaṇas and princes, were apparently forced to leave the country, and to migrate to the eastern part of India. The transference of the royal seat of one branch of the Kuru or Bharata dynasty to Kauśāmbī is confirmed by the evidence of some of the plays attributed to Bhāsa. Udayana, king of Kauśāmbī, is described in the *Svapnavāsava-datta* as a scion of the Bharata or Bhārata family¹:—