History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c15.s2.t16.20

c15.s2.t16.20

The Yadus or Yādavas were according to the Lakkha Mandal *praśasti*² long ruling in part of the Punjab, but the reference in this passage may be to the people of Mathura territory. Of the Yavanas it is difficult to say with any confidence as the name was often used in a loose way to designate various races of foreign origin. Probably the word is used here simply in the sense of Mleccha, and is put in next to the word Yadu rather for "the sake of poetical ornamentation than with the object of conveying any very definite meaning."³