Tribes in Ancient India c32.82

c32.82

In addition to the stories of the rivalry between Kāśī and Kośala which we have already dealt with in the Kāśī chapter, two more may be mentioned,—the stories of Dabbasena, king of Kośala, who seized a holy king of Benares, and was discomfited by a mystic experience¹; and of Manoja, king of Benares, and a king of Kośala. The latter story is related in the *Sonananda Jātaka*. Manoja pitched his camp near the city of Kośala (i.e. Śrāvastī?), and sent a message to the king of Kośala asking him either to give battle or to surrender. The king accepted the challenge, and a fierce fight ensued, in which the king of Kośala was defeated, but he was allowed to retain his kingdom.²