Tribes in Ancient India c32.19

c32.19

In the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (I, 4, 11), the Kośala-Videhas appear as coming later than the Kuru-Pañcālas under the influence of Brahmanism. In the same work,⁶ the Kauśalya or Kośala king, Para-ātnāra Hiraṇyanābha, is described as having performed the great Aśvamedha or horse sacrifice. Hiraṇyanābha Kauśalya and Āśvalāyana Kauśalya figure in the *Praśna Upaniṣad* (I, 1) as two contemporary seekers of truth belonging to Kośala. The connection between Hiraṇyanābha of the *Praśna* and Para-ātnāra Hiraṇyanābha of the *Śatapatha* is uncertain.⁷ A passage in the *Sāṅkhyāyana Śrauta Sūtra* (XVI, 9, 13) shows the connection of Kośala with Kāśī and Videha.