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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s4.30

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s4.30

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v1.c17.s4.30

¹ The three great branches of the Indu (Lunar) Aswa bore the epithet of Midia (pronounced Mede), viz. Urumidha, Ajamidha, and Dvimidha. Qu. The Aswa invaders of Assyria and Media, the sons of Bajaswa, expressly stated to have multiplied in the countries west of the Indus, emigrating from their paternal seats in Panchalaka? [Midha means ‘ pouring out seed, prolific,’ and has no connexion with Mede, the Madai of Genesis x. 2; the Assyrian Mada.]