Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.133
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.133
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c9.s4.133
The *Purāṇas*⁵ tell us that the Kekayas along with the Madrakas and the Uśīnaras, were branches of the family of Anu, son of Yayāti. The Anu tribe is frequently mentioned in the *Ṛig-Veda*.⁶ It appears from a hymn of the eighth *Maṇḍala*⁷ that they dwelt in the Central Pañjab, not far from the Parushṇī, the same territory which we find afterwards in possession of the Kekayas and the Madrakas.