Tribes in Ancient India c22.8

c22.8

We must turn to the Purāṇas for the legendary account of the origin of the Kārūṣas. All the Purāṇas agree in saying that Vaivasvata Manu had nine sons⁶: namely Ikṣvāku, Nābhāga (= Nabhāga or Nṛga), Dhṛṣṭa, Saryāti, Narisyanta, Pramśu, Nābhānediṣṭha, Karūṣa, and Pṛṣadhra.¹ From Karūṣa were descended the numerous Kṣatriya clans of the Kārūṣas. They were all determined fighters, and are said to have protected N. India,—perhaps from southern inroads as Pargiter suggests (*A.I.H.T.*, p. 255 and f.n. 14).²