Tribes in Ancient India c20.20

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² *Mbh.*, III, Chap. 196; Chap. 207; XIII, Chap. 67; XIV, Chap. 90. In the *Droṇaparvan* version (Chaps. 130-131) Śivi’s father, Uśīnara, is the hero of the fable. Both Fā-Hien and Hsuan Tsang place the scene of the story in Udyāna now called the Swat Valley where a steatite relief (now in the British Museum) representing the fable as given in the *Mbh.* has been discovered. It is, therefore, probable that the present Swat Valley represents the ancient kingdom of Śivi. But according to the *Mahā-Ummaga Jātaka* the Śivi country was situated between the kingdoms of Videha and Pañcāla (Dey, *Geographical Dict.*, pp. 187-8).