Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.461
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.461
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c9.s7.461
The Purāṇas represent the Gandhāra princes as the descendants of Druhyu.⁴ This king and his people are mentioned several times in the *Ṛig-Veda* and apparently belonged to the north-west,⁵ a fact that accords with the Purāṇic tradition. Mention has already been made of the early king, Nagnajit who is reported to have been a contemporary of Nimi, king of Videha, Durmukha, king of Pañchāla, Bhīma, king of Vidarbha,⁶ and "Karakaṇḍu,"