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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.143

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.143

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c9.s7.143

¹ *Bodh. Dh. S.* I. 1. 29; *Mbh.* VIII. 22. 18-19; *Mat. P.* 48. 60. Note also the connection of Aṅgas with Nishādas in *Vāyu*, 62, 107-23. The Purāṇa describes the royal family as *Atrivaṁśasamutpanna*. In the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa*, however, an Ātreya appears as the priest of the Aṅga King. For a discussion of the origin of the Aṅgas and other kindred tribes, see. S. Lévi *pre-Aryen et Pre-Dravidien dans l' Inde*, "J. A. Juillet-septembre, 1923.