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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.182

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.182

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c9.s4.182

‘Fourteen steeds did king Dvaitavana, victorious in battle, bind for Indra Vṛitrahan, whence the lake Dvaitavana (took its name)’. The *Mahābhārata* mentions the lake as well as a forest called Dvaitavana which spread over the banks of the river Sarasvatī.¹