Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.158
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.158
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The country of the **Uśīnaras** was situated in the *Madhya-deśa* or Mid-India. The *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa*⁸ says “*asyāṁ dhruvāyāṁ madhyamāyāṁ pratishṭhāyāṁ diśi,*” “in this firmly established middle region,” lie the realms of the Kuru-Pañchālas together with Vaśas and Uśīnaras. In the *Kaushītaki Upanishad* also the Uśīnaras are associated with the Matsyas, the Kuru-Pañchālas and the Vaśas. They probably lived in the northernmost part of the *Madhya-deśa*, for in the *Gopatha Brāhmaṇa* the Uśīnaras and the Vaśas are mentioned just before the *Udīchyas* or northerners:¹ *Kuru-Pañchāleshu Aṅga-Magadheshu Kāsi-Kausolyeshu Sālva-Matsyeshu sa Vaśa-Uśīnaresh-Udīchyeshu.*