Tribes in Ancient India c10.24

c10.24

The *Viṣṇupurāṇa* (4-12) and the *Agnipurāṇa* (275) tell us that the descendants of Cedi, son of Kauśika, were known as Caidyas. The *Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa* (Chaps. 129-31) refers to a Cedi princess, Suśobhanā by name, who was one of the many queens of King Maru. It is recorded in the *Viṣṇupurāṇa* (4, 12) that Vidarbha, son of Jyāmagha, had three sons of whom Kauśika was one. Cedi was a son of Kauśika, and the descendants of this Cedi were known as Caidyarājās.⁶ In the *Matsyapurāṇa* (Chap. 44), Cedi is written as Cidi.⁷ The *Kūrmapurāṇa* (Chap. 24) tells a similar story of the origin of the name of Cedi. King Vidarbha, it says, had a son named Cidi, and after him, his descendants came to be known as Caidyas. Dyutimān was the eldest of his sons, the others being Vapusmān, Bṛhatmedhā, Śrīdeva and Vītaratha. Pargiter observes⁸ that Cedi and other kingdoms, e.g. Vatsa, did not come under the rule of the Pauravas; but we may note that the famous king Vasu Uparicara was a Paurava by birth. Pargiter suggests that Pratyagraha may have taken Cedi.⁹