Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.142

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of mixed origin, and the *Mahābhārata* brands an Aṅga prince who, by the way, is distinguished from Karṇa, and is described as skilful in handling elephants, as a *Mlechchha* or outlandish barbarian. In the *Matsya Purāṇa* the father of the eponymous hero of the Aṅgas is styled *Dānavarshabhaḥ* (chief among demons).¹